BP PLC's (BP) Russian joint venture TNK-BP Ltd. (TNBP.RS) hopes to close a deal to buy a 45% stake in an oil and gas deposit in Brazil's Solimoes region from Petra Energia SA within one month, the company's Deputy Chief Executive Maxim Barsky said Friday.
BP PLC's (BP) Russian joint venture TNK-BP Ltd. (TNBP.RS) hopes to close
a deal to buy a 45% stake in an oil and gas deposit in Brazil's Solimoes region
from Petra Energia SA within one month, the company's Deputy Chief Executive
Maxim Barsky said Friday.
"We have already agreed on this deal. Now we await approval from the
board," Barsky said.
If the deal goes through, TNK-BP will partner with
Brazil
's HRT
Participacoes em Petroleo SA (HRTP3.BR)--the operator and owner of 55% of the
Solimoes blocks.
A person familiar with the situation said last month that TNK-BP may pay as
much as $1 billion for the 45% stake.
The Solimoes blocks cover an area of 48,500 square kilometers. According to
U.S.-based petroleum consulting company DeGolyer and MacNaughton, HRT's stake
holds 542 million barrels of oil equivalent, of which 84% is natural gas.
The company may also increase its stake in
Venezuela
's
Petromanagas to 40% from the current 17%, Barsky said.
Venezuelan state energy company PDVSA has invited TNK-BP to increase its stake
in Petromanagas to 40%, Barsky said.
TNK-BP closed a deal this week to buy three Brazilian assets from BP. The deal
included a 17% stake in Petromanagas, a 40% stake in Petroperija SA and a 26.7%
stake in Boqueron SA.
Barsky also confirmed his company is interested in a 53% stake in
Poland
's
second-largest refiner Grupa Lotos SA (LTS.WA), currently put on sale by the
country's government which holds the stake.
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