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Shell Downstream Divestments Proceed Apace With African Retail Stake Sale

February 2011 | Industry News

Anglo-Dutch major Royal Dutch Shell has announced the divestment of most of its African downstream businesses for US$1bn to oil trader Vitol and private equity firm Helios Investment.

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