Trafigura buys BP assets in southern Africa
International oil
trader, Trafigura, has bought BP’s assets in the southern African
nations of Namibia, Botswana, and Zambia, The Namibian daily newspaper
said on Friday, citing a government minister.
The newspaper gave no amount for the sale, which it said had been confirmed by Namibia mines and energy minister, Isak Katali.
BP has committed to
sell up to $30 billion of non-core assets to pay for its devastating
oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico this year.
A spokeswoman for
BP in Johannesburg, Glenda Zvenyika, said the company was in talks to
sell assets in the three countries, as well as Malawi and Tanzania, but
no decision had been made.
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