Monday, July 2, 2012

Nigeria: Shell to sell stake for $850 million

Shell oil worker on an offshore oil platform in the Niger Delta. PHOTO/AP

Heritage Oil PLC says it has agreed to buy a 45 percent stake in a major oil field in Nigeria for US$850 million.

Nigeria's national oil company will retain a 55 percent interest in the on-shore field in the Niger Delta. The sellers are Royal Dutch Shell, which owns a 30 percent stake, France's Total SA, with 10 percent, and Italy's Eni S.p.A., which owns 5 percent.

Heritage said Monday it is buying assets

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