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London (AFP) Nov 29, 2010 BP said Sunday it has agreed to sell its 60 percent stake in Pan American Energy to Argentina-based oil and gas firm Bridas Corporation, as part of asset sales to pay for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The 7.06-billion-dollar (5.33-billion-euro) sale, which British energy group BP expects to complete next year, will give Bridas total ownership of Pan American, the second largest producer of oil and gas in Argentina. Bridas is owned 50 percent by Cnooc International, the international arm of China National Offshore Oil Company, and 50 percent by Bridas Energy Holdings, which is owned by Argentina's Bulgheroni family. In a statement, BP said the deal was part of its plan to divest up to 30 billion dollars of assets by the end of 2011 to cover costs incurred during the devastating oil spill at a BP rig in the United States earlier this year. It has so far raised 14 billion dollars from asset sales, before the Pan American deal. BP group chief executive Bob Dudley said: "Today's agreement further demonstrates both the high quality and attractiveness of the assets throughout BP's global portfolio and also the company's ability to meet our significant financial commitments arising from the Gulf of Mexico tragedy. "We now have agreements in place that should secure the majority of our divestment target. "We will continue to identify further assets that may be strategically more valuable to others than to BP as we complete the programme." -- Dow Jones Newswires contributed to this report --
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Chinese boats near disputed islands: Japan coastguardTokyo (AFP) Nov 29, 2010 Two Chinese fishery patrol boats were spotted on Sunday off islands at the centre of a bitter dispute between Beijing and Tokyo, Japan's coastguard said. The two vessels began cruising in waters close to the islands, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, at around 7:40 am (2240 GMT Saturday), a coastguard official said. "They are still navigating off the Senkaku islands, and our ... read more |
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