Reliance RIL to seal Colombia
deal in H2
Financial Express
Bombay,India
Petroleumworld.com 01 26 06
Reliance Industries, the country’s largest petrochemicals
producer, expects to seal a deal on exploration rights with Colombia’s
state oil company Ecopetrol by the second half of 2006.
“We
would like the maximum amount of exposure. We are in negotiations
with the government,” Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani said
on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
“We
hope (to have a deal) at the latest by the second half of this
year,” he said. Ambani declined to say how much Reliance
would spend on buying the exploration rights in Colombia’s
Gabriel Block.
Earlier
this week, Reliance said it planned to raise $1.1-$1.3 billion
in an initial public offering by a subsidiary to help fund a $6
billion refinery expansion and also planned an initial $750 million
move into retail.
Ambani
said Reliance was open to foreign investors taking part in the
IPO.
Petroleumworld 01/26/06
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