Energy Minister: Enap Eyeing Terpel's Chilean Assets -Report
May 19 2010 - 3:36PM
Dow Jones News
Chile's state oil and gas company Empresa Nacional del Petroleo
SA is considering purchasing Colombian fuel company Terpel SA's
Chilean assets, the energy minister was quoted as saying by
ValorFuturo newswire.
Enap, as the state-owned company is known, is working to move
away from its reliance on refining to become a diversified energy
company.
"Our objective is to value the company, incorporate private
capital, and in that sense, we're not closed off to any projects
that might be a good investment," Energy Minister Ricardo Raineri
was quoted as saying.
Earlier this week Chilean fuel and forestry conglomerate
Empresas Copec SA (COPEC.SN) paid $240 million for an indirect
stake in Terpel. Copec, however, plans to sell Terpel's Chilean
assets to be in compliance with competition regulations. Copec's
market participation in Chile already borders 65%.
In 2007, Terpel entered the Chilean market after buying 206 gas
stations from Spanish-Argentine oil company Repsol YPF SA (REP,
REP.MC) for $210 million.
Brazilian state-run energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro S/A (PBR,
PETR4.BR), or Petrobras, may also be interested in snapping up
Terpel's assets, analysts said.
Petrobras recently bought the Esso Chile gas station chain.
-By Anthony Esposito, Dow Jones Newswires; 56-2-715-8929;
anthony.esposito@dowjones.com
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