Energy Transfer fails to sell Sunoco: sources
Discussions never advanced because of disagreements over valuation
New York
ENERGY Transfer Equity LP, the US pipeline company that agreed to acquire Williams Companies Inc, has held talks to sell gas station and convenience store operator Sunoco LP, according to three people familiar with the matter.
While these discussions were preliminary, they underscore Energy Transfer's efforts to bolster its balance sheet after a plunge in oil prices made its pending acquisition of Williams more financially burdensome than it previously envisioned.
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