MOSCOW, May 17 – RIA Novosti. The company “Rosneft” will receive a 100% interest in two exploration areas in Brazil, said on Sunday night, Bloomberg, citing two sources familiar with the situation.
According to the agency, the deal is valued at $ 55 million, it will be announced on Monday. It is alleged that by “Rosneft” goes 100 percent control of two sites in the Solimoes river basin (a tributary of the Amazon), which is conducted oil and gas exploration.
“This is a good deal,” – said the head of the agency “Rosneft “Igor Sechin, is not becoming to discuss details of the agreement. Representatives PetroRio not comment on this information.
It is also noted that the Russian company will gain control of the company after the share purchase PetroRio. Earlier it was reported that the deal was planned to close before the end of 2014, but an agreement was not possible on this.
“Rosneft” is trying to achieve the consolidation of control in the Brazilian Solimoes project, in which the planned gas production in Brazil. Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) previously approved the transaction to increase the share of “Rosneft” in the Solimoes project to 51%, as well as the Russian company to obtain the status of the operator.
TNK-BP (which was subsequently acquired “Rosneft”) at the time bought 45% of the block 21 in the Solimoes Basin in Brazil’s mainland for $ 1 billion. In mid-March 2014 a subsidiary company “Rosneft” Rosneft Brazil signed an agreement with Brazilian HRT (renamed PetroRio) definitive agreement to acquire an additional 6% of the project.
In February 2015 it was reported that the process of renegotiation of the transaction in a new format based on their parties’ interests. According to some reports, “Rosneft” missed a little contribution for the project, so the Brazilian partner, has suspended a deal.
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