Mensajepor mmarcodelpont » Vie Mar 21, 2014 3:57 pm
By Rodrigo Orihuela
March 21 (Bloomberg) -- Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Latin
America’s largest publicly-traded oil producer by revenue, hired
Bank of Nova Scotia to sell assets in Argentina including a
refinery, said a person with direct knowledge of the plans.
Scotiabank is mandated to sell a 31,000 barrel-per-day
refinery in the city of Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires province, as
well as two petrochemical plants and oil and gas fields and
stakes, said the person, who asked not to be identified because
negotiations are private. The assets all belong to Petrobras
Argentina SA, a unit of the Rio de Janeiro-based producer.
Petrobras’s press office and Joe Konecny, a Scotiabank
spokesman, both declined to comment in e-mailed responses to
questions.
Petrobras is seeking to focus its non-Brazilian operations
on the discovery and development of new reserves as part of a
strategic plan presented last month by Chief Executive Officer
Maria das Gracas Foster. The company last year called off the
sale of its Argentine unit after offers missed expectations,
according to a statement at the time. In Argentina, Petrobras is
looking to develop shale and tight oil and gas reserves.