Friday, March 16, 2007

RIL to divest in oil and gas arm abroad

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) will induct a strategic partner in its overseas oil and gas projects which are being spun off into a new entity.

Sources familiar with the development said RIL is to divest 20 to 25 per cent in the Dubai-based Reliance Exploration and Production DMCC, the holding company for RIL’s foreign oil and gas projects.

Global energy major Chevron Corporation, which has equity interest in RIL’s subsidiary Reliance Petroleum, might be the preferred partner for Reliance Exploration, they added. An RIL spokesperson declined to comment.

Read more in The Business Standard article

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