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Shell sells Gabon oil assets to Carlyle for $587 million

  Bloomberg Royal Dutch Shell Plc has agreed to sell its onshore oil assets in Gabon to a unit of Carlyle Group LP for $587 million, taking it closer to its $30 billion divestment target. Carlyle’s unit Assala Energy Holdings Ltd. will also take on $285 million of debt from Shell’s Gabon unit and will make an additional payment of …

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Sinopec profit rises as pipeline sales top up refining boost

  Bloomberg China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. reported its first profit gain in three years as the world’s largest oil refiner got a boost from cheaper crude and took a one-time gain from pipeline sales. Net income in 2016 rose 44 percent to 46.7 billion yuan ($6.8 billion), the company known as Sinopec said in a statement to the Shanghai …

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China’s HNA buys $446mn stake in Old Mutual US unit

  Bloomberg Chinese conglomerate HNA Group Co. agreed to buy a 25 percent stake in Old Mutual Plc’s U.S. asset management unit for about $446 million, adding to a $30 billion spending spree since last year. Old Mutual is selling down its holdings in OM Asset Management to HNA Group in two tranches, according to an emailed statement on Sunday …

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