Repsol YPF has reached an agreement with Totalgaz, a subsidiary of Total for the sale of its liquefied petroleum gas business (LPG) in France, reported sources close to the transaction to Europa Press. The oil company, chaired by Antonio Brufau, has carried out this sale as part of its strategy of divesting from ‘downstream’ non-integrated assets with which it has already generated more than $1.2 billion (€945 million) in five…
MADRID | The Spanish press today echoes Repsol’s move, which has started sounding out investors to carry out a debt issuance after the relief brought by the drop to below the 350 b.p. in the Spanish risk premium. “BBVA was the last Spanish firm that issued debt on the wholesale market. On October 28, the second major Spanish bank placed €750 million in senior debt at 18 months at a price…
MADRID | Repsol has found in Argentina new reserves equivalent to YPF’s. The site is located in Argentina’s Neuquén province in the region known as Vaca Muerta, with a total area of 30,000 square kms, of which Repsol YPF has 12,000 square kms. The company has confirmed the existence of large volumes of unconventional oil in the area of Loma La Lata. These resources would transform the energy potential of…