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Rosneft-led group acquires Gujarat based Essar Oil for nearly USD 13 billion

October 15, 2016
Rosneft-led group acquires Gujarat based Essar Oil for nearly USD 13 billion

By Ammar Zaidi, Panaji: Russia's state-controlled oil giant Rosneft and its partners today took over India's second biggest private oil firm Essar Oil in an all-cash deal valued at about USD 13 billion. Rosneft bought a 49 per cent stake in Essar Oil's refinery port and petrol pumps, while Netherlands-based Trafigura Group Pte, one of the world's biggest commodity trading companies, and Russian investment fund United Capital Partners split another 49 per cent equity equally. The remain...Read More