Sugar Cane Ethanol Producer News

Shell has announced  an agreement to sell a 23% interest in the Parque das Conchas (BC-10) project offshore Brazil to Qatar Petroleum International for approximately $1 billion, subject to closing . The transaction is subject to approval by the National Petroleum and Gas Agency (ANP, Brazil’s Oil and Gas regulator) and the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE, Brazil’s anti-trust authority). Shell will continue to operate BC-10 with a 50% working interest and retains a significant upstream presence in Brazil.