穆巴达拉将与巴国油谈判就收购巴伊亚炼油厂

据烃加工新闻7月10日消息称，巴西国家石油公司在一份证券文件中说，阿布扎比的投资基金穆巴达拉投资公司将与巴西国家石油公司进行独家谈判，以收购巴西第二大炼油厂。

接近谈判的三名人士说，周四早些时候，路透社率先报道，穆巴达拉在击败印度Essar集团的竞争后，已进入收购这家名为Rlam的炼油厂的内部通道。

巴西国家石油公司在一份文件中证实，穆巴达拉提交了最佳报价，并受邀进行谈判。

知情人士周四表示，穆巴达拉将与巴西国家石油公司进行独家谈判，讨论合同条款，预计将持续数周时间。由于谈判当时尚未公开，这些人士拒绝透露姓名。

消息人士称，如果合同发生重大变化，巴西国家石油公司将根据价格召集竞争对手进行第二轮投标。

据路透社6月报道，印度企业集团Essar也对Rlam发出了具有约束力的收购要约，如果巴西国家石油公司决定重新招标，Essar可能会再次参与竞购。

Rlam位于巴西北部巴伊亚州，日产量为33万桶。该炼油厂是巴西国家石油公司计划出售的8家炼油厂中的第一家，以结束其在巴西燃料加工领域近乎垄断的地位。

曹海斌 摘译自 烃加工新闻

Mubadala set for exclusive talks with Petrobras to buy Bahia refinery

Abu Dhabi’s investment fund Mubadala Investment Co will enter into exclusive talks with Petrobras to purchase Brazil’s second-largest refinery, the Brazilian state-owned oil company said in a securities filing.

Reuters was the first to report earlier on Thursday that Mubadala was on an inside track to acquire the refinery, known as Rlam, after beating back competition from India’s Essar Group, according to three people close to the negotiations.

Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as Petrobras is formally known, confirmed in a filing that Mubadala had submitted the best offer and was invited to negotiate.

Mubadala will discuss the contract terms with Brazil’s Petrobras in an exclusive negotiation expected to take several weeks, the people said on Thursday, declining to be named as the talks were not public at the time.

If the contract changes significantly, Petrobras will call back competitors for a second round of bids based on price, the sources said.

Indian conglomerate Essar also made a binding offer for Rlam, as Reuters reported in June, and could compete again for the refinery if Petrobras decides to retender it.

Rlam, which is based in the northern state of Bahia and has a 330,000 barrels a day capacity, is the first of a group of eight refineries Petrobras plans to sell to end its near monopoly in fuel processing in Brazil.