S.C. Rompetrol Rafinare S.A. reported consolidated earnings results for the first nine months ended September 2016. The company reported a consolidated net profit of $20.8 million in the first nine months, up 41% year-on-year. The consolidated operating result (EBITDA) rose by 33% on the year to over $121 million in the period January-September 2016. The company's positive results have been supported by the production processes optimisation programs, the increase of the share of white products (gasoline, diesel, kerosene) in total finished products, as well as by reducing the operating costs, a process which started in 2014 and continued successfully in 2015 and 2016, among the most important being the reduction in the steam and power consumption.