The distributor margin of LUKoil Neftochim's liquid fuels has fallen by twice since 2001, it emerged at a seminar of the company in Bulgaria's Borovets resort. In 2001 the margin was about USD 300 per tonne, now it is USD 160. This means that a distributor gains about BGN 0.15 per litre of diesel. The reason for the rapid decrease in the margin is the keen competition, LUKoil explained. The new chains of petrol stations do not create clients, they re-distribute one and the same market. That pushes end-prices down. The entry of Greece's Hellenic Petroleum in Bulgaria and its plans to build 80 new stations this year, and the launch of Turkey's Opet/Aygaz project for another 100 stations will shrink margins further, LUKoil forecast. In future stations will gain from accompanying services: shops, restaurants, carwashes, etc., which currently account for 13 to 14% of the large chains' receipts. The ratio between revenues from sale of fuels and from accompanying services in Europe is 50:50.