09 января Moody's Investors Service отозвало кредитные рейтинги PetroKazakhstan Inc и PetroKazakhstan Finance B.V. в связи с недостаточным объем информации для дальнейшего мониторинга

/ИРБИС, Андрей Цалюк, 12.01.06/ - Международное рейтинговое агентство Moody's Investors Service (Лондон) 09 января 2006 года отозвало все кредитные рейтинги PetroKazakhstan Inc (Альберта, Калгари, Канада) и PetroKazakhstan Finance B.V. (Роттердам, Нидерланды) в связи с недостаточным объем информации для дальнейшего мониторинга. Об этом говорится в пресс-релизе агентства, полный текст которого приводится ниже. MOODYS WITHDRAWS PETROKAZAKHSTAN'S RATINGS London, 09 January 2006 -- Moody's Investors Service today withdrew the ratings of Petrokazakhstan Inc ("PKZ") and its guaranteed subsidiary Petrokazakhstan Finance BV. The action follows the acquisition of PKZ by the Chinese oil company, China National Petroleum Corporation ("CNPC") through its 100% owned subsidiary CNPC International on the 26th of October 2005. The rating has been withdrawn because Moody's believes it lacks adequate information to maintain a rating. Please refer to Moody's Guidelines for the Withdrawal of Ratings on moodys.com. The ratings withdrawn are as follows: Petrokazakhstan Inc: - long-term issuer rating of Ba3 on review for possible upgrade - corporate family rating of Ba3 on review for possible upgrade Petrokazakhstan Finance BV (guaranteed by Petrokazakhstan Inc): - long-term senior unsecured debt rating of Ba3 on review for possible upgrade Before the acquisition by CNPC, PetroKazahstan Finance B.V. was a special- purpose financing vehicle and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of PetroKazahstan, Inc, formerly known as Hurricane Hydrocarbons Ltd., headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, in Canada. PKZ was an integrated oil company which operates in central and southern Kazakhstan. The other guarantors were PetroKazahstan's principal up- and downstream operating subsidiaries in Kazakhstan. London Stuart Lawton Managing Director European Corporates Moody's Investors Service Ltd. JOURNALISTS: 44 20 7772 5456 SUBSCRIBERS: 44 20 7772 5454 London Christine Garburg Analyst Corporate Finance Group Moody's Investors Service Ltd. JOURNALISTS: 44 20 7772 5456 SUBSCRIBERS: 44 20 7772 5454 [2006-01-12]