Regulators approves Glencore purchase of Xstrata Plc. The US$35 billion takeover of Xstrata Plc has been approved by the South African antitrust regulators.
Energy
ENI declining Saipem Spin-off
ENI denies rumors and reaffirms official stands through Chairman Giuseppe Rechhi. The Italian state oil company ENI has not table any plan to consider the spin-off of its services unit, Saipem.
Chesapeake Energy To Sell Interest To Raise Cash
Chesapeake needs to raise cash, chooses to sell off properties. The US natural gas producer Chesapeake Energy Corp would need to sell as much as US$7billion in order to make up for a projected cash funding issue.
Centrica Taps U.S. Firms for LNG Deal
Centrica is in talks with U.S. LNG Players to secure UK long-term liquefied natural gas import deal.
CNPC Discusses Deal with ENI
CNPC to purchase ENI's twenty percent share in Mozambique gas project. China's largest oil company, the China National Petroleum Corporation is deep in discussions with ENI SpA for the purchase of a stake in the Mozambique gas project.
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The bids for the buyout sale of energy metering company Ista, worth around 3 billion euros, are set for the week of March 18
Argentina's expropriation of Repsol stake in YPF subject to claim and clarification. Caixabank, a key shareholder in Spanish oil giant Repsol, is exploring avenues to seek compensation for the expropriation of the national oil company YPF.
After clashing with Baghdad, Exxon now exploring possibility of partnering with China to develop Iraq oilfield interests.
Anadarko and Indian billionaire Dhoot to sell off Mozambique gas interest. The partnership between Anadarko Petroleum Corp and Indian tycoon Venugopal Dhoot is auctioning off its twenty percent stake in a Mozambique gas field.
Trafigura has shown interest in purchasing zinc from global leading zinc provider Nyrstar Commodities trader Trafigura revealed it has interest in bidding to purchase zinc from world's leading producer Nyrstar that could worth about $700 million per year.
American oil and gas explorer Anardarko Petroleum has collaborated with Venugopal Dhoot, an Indian tycoon, for the auction of a 20% stake in a Mozambique gas stake that is expected to fetch $4.5 billion.
BP lost a bidding battle again to United States' ExxonMobile as the latter acquires access to Arctic Laptev Sea Fields where Russia's Rosneft has prospect reserves.
Hess sells of Hetco, its energy trading subsidiary. Hess Corp will be selling off its energy trading arm Hetco to precipitate its exit from the gasoline and marketing industry by the year 2015.
BP loses bids on Arctic oil exploration. According to sources, British Petroleum, who lost its first deal to drill oil in Arctic Russia to rival ExxonMobil again was beaten out by the same rival when it tried to negotiate a deal with Russian oil giant Rosneft.
