...forecast of a 1.209 billion loss in a Reuters survey.
The company, controlled by Polish refiner PKN Orlen , slipped into the red after a 722 million crown net profit in the third quarter of last year, mainly through taking 2.471 billion crowns worth of impairment charges.
Unipetrol's operating profit reached 1.013 billion crowns for July-September 2007, versus the average forecast of 752 million. (Reporting by Marek Petrus; Editing by David Cowell) ($1=18.26 Czech Crown)
Keywords: UNIPETROL RESULTS/
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