Petrobras' Asset Sale To Statoil Halted By Brazilian Court
Zacks Investment Research | Apr 18, 2017 09:06PM ET
Brazilian energy major Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. or Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) recently announced that the country’s 2nd Federal District Court of Sergipe state has ordered it to suspend the $2.5 billion sale of its stake in the Carcara field to Norwegian oil and gas company, Statoil (OL:STL) ASA (NYSE:STO) .
The National Federation of Oil Workers filed the lawsuit as the union strongly felt that a state-controlled enterprise like Petrobras must hold an open bidding process for selling its assets.
Petrobras had agreed to sell its 66% stake in the offshore prospect to Statoil in Jul 2016 as part of a two-year divestment plan to raise $21 billion to repay its debts. Petrobras and Statoil had reached an agreement to finalize the deal on Nov 22, 2016. In fact, Petrobras received an amount of $1.25 billion from the transaction, which it used for the early settlement of part of the financing contract between Transportadora Associada de Gás S.A., a wholly-owned Petrobras subsidiary, and the Brazilian Development Bank.
Petrobras is now looking at appropriate legal actions to facilitate the closure of deal, benefiting its investors.
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