Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Libyan Oil Tankers Up for Sale $300 million, The deal could be an effort to raise cash as part of a Gadhafi exit plan.


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Libyan Oil Tankers Up for Sale


The deal could be an effort to raise cash as part of a Gadhafi exit plan.
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The deal could be an effort to raise cash as part of a Gadhafi exit plan.

Libya's General National Maritime Transportation Company, or GNMTC, could sell a portion of its fleet to unspecified Russian investors that include state-owned shipping corporationSovcomflot, sources told industry journal The Petroleum Economist.The Libyan oil tanker fleet could soon be sold to Russian investors, as speculation swirled Tuesday about a reported $300 million deal with the Gadhafi regime, which is under economic sanctions imposed by the United Nations, the United States and the European Union. A spokeswoman for Sovcomflot told The Moscow Times that she had no official information on her company's interest in Libyan oil tankers. "It's rumors, and we don't comment on rumors," she said. GNMTC lists a fleet of 15 vessels on its web site that, before civil war erupted in February and halted crude shipments, were involved in the export of the 1.6 million barrels of oil Libya produced daily .Read more :http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/libyan-oil-tankers-up-for-sale/441807.html#ixzz1UedmI7fc
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