BP agrees to sell 65% of its Castrol stake to Stonepeak, valuing the business at $10.1B and generating about $6B to cut debt.
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and U.S. private equity firm Stonepeak will launch an offer to purchase a stake of up to 26% in Castrol's Indian unit, they said on Wednesday, following their deal to acquire the firm from parent BP.
BP (BP) will sell a 65% stake in Castrol to Stonepeak, valuing the unit at $10.1 billion. Waymo (GOOGL) will update its fleet software and emergency protocols after a San Francisco blackout immobilized vehicles.
BP PLC (LSE:BP.) has agreed to sell a 65% stake in its Castrol lubricants business to the investment firm Stonepeak, valuing the business at about $10 billion and marking one of the biggest steps yet in the oil major's plan to slim down and shore up its finances.
BP on Wednesday said it has agreed to sell a 65% stake in its Castrol unit to investment firm Stonepeak for about $6 billion.
BP is nearing a sale of a majority stake in its Castrol lubricants business to investment firm Stonepeak in a deal that values the entire division at $10 billion including debt, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Sale of lubricants business is part of British energy giant's plan to raise $20 billion from asset sales
BP (BP) closed the most recent trading day at $34.58, moving +1.29% from the previous trading session.
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