Uniper currently needs additional assistance from the authorities despite the fact that it has already resorted to using a support package worth up to 20 billion euros ($20 billion), according to the media outlet.
On July 8, the energy company requested state support from the German government, citing a reduction in gas supplies from Russia's Gazprom. On July 22, Berlin and Finnish energy company Fortum, which is Uniper's largest shareholder with a stake of about 78%, reached an agreement on a comprehensive package of measures to stabilize the financial condition of the German firm.
In particular, the German government decided to acquire a 30% stake in Uniper and provide the company with additional capital of up to 7.7 billion euros. Meanwhile, Germany's state-owned KfW investment and development bank expanded its credit line for Uniper to nine billion euros from the initial two billion euros.
In August, Uniper said it had fully used the nine billion euros credit line from KfW and requested an extension for another four billion euros.