MOL eyes Serbian, Czech acquisitions. (Europe).(Brief Article)

Hungary -- Hungarian oil and gas company MOL Rt in November continued its quest to expand in the Central and East European region, casting an eye at a new target.

Budapest Business Journal reported that the latest potential acquisition goal for MOL is the operator of Serbia's second-largest chain of filling stations, Beopetrol, 70 percent of which is up for privatization in the near future.

According to Serbian government officials, MOL was one of the companies -- alongside Shell, Austria's OMV AG, Greece's Hellenic Petroleum SA, Russia's Tyumen Oil Co., Cro