Trafigura-Entara consortium signs deal to buy French refinery

North Atlantic Energies SA

01/08/2024 08:08

Aug 1 (Reuters) - Rhone Energies, a consortium of
commodity trader Trafigura  TRAFGF.UL  and Entara LLC, has
signed an agreement with Esso  ESSF.PA  to buy the Fos-sur-Mer
refinery and Toulouse and Villette-de-Vienne terminals in
France.
    "Discussions with the relevant authorities are ongoing and
the necessary authorisations are expected by the end of
October," Trafigura said in a press release on Thursday.

 (Reporting by Ashitha Shivaprasad and Sherin Elizabeth Varghese
in Bengaluru; editing by Jason Neely)
 ((sherinelizabeth.varghese@thomsonreuters.com;))