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Pressure grows on Noble Group: Vitol says oil deal 'complicated'
Noble's negotiations with its lenders have also complicated the oil trading unit's sale, say sources
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Thu, Oct 19, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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VITOL Group's negotiations to buy Noble Group Ltd's oil trading unit are "very complicated" and may not end in a deal, the chief executive officer of Vitol said, adding to pressure on his Hong Kong-based rival.
The sale of the oil business is crucial to the survival of Noble Group, once Asia's largest commodity trader. It is rushing to sell the unit in order to pay back about US$1 billion of debt under its secured credit facilities, of which the largest matures in mid-January.
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