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BP Plc has emerged as the front-runner to buy BHP Billiton Ltd.’s onshore oil and gas operations in the US, acco- rding to a person familiar with the matter. The London-based oil major has made the highest offer for the assets, which BHP prefers selling in a single package, said the person, who asked to not be identified because the matter isn’t public.
A deal hasn’t been completed and it could be weeks before an agreement is reached, the person said.
The Australian mining conglomerate, bas-ed in Melbourne, recei- ved initial offers about two months ago from BP, Chevron Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc, among others, people familiar with the matter said in June.
Those bids valued BHP’s US unit at as much as $9 billion.