Esso hits highest price since mid-2008 on refinery sale talks

North Atlantic Energies SA

11/04/2024 09:31

** Shares in Esso  ESSF.PA  jump 10% after the French oil
company entered into talks with Rhone Energies to sell its
refinery and 2 terminals in Southern France
    ** Talks concern Fos-sur-Mer refinery in Southern France and
the Toulouse and Villette de Vienne terminals
    ** The terms of the deal between Exxon Mobil-owned  XOM.N 
Esso and Rhone Energies, a consortium of commodity trader
Trafigura  TRAFGF.UL  and Entara, were not disclosed
    ** Esso shares hit their highest price since July 2008 

 (Reporting by Michal Aleksandrowicz)
 ((michal.aleksandrowicz@tr.com))