Jan 9
(Reuters) - A senior official from Thailand's top energy firm, PTT Pcl, denied
a media report on Thursday that the company was bidding for Royal Dutch Shell's
Australian service stations.
"We
are not getting involved in the deal. We are doing nothing," the official,
who declined to be identified, told Reuters.
The
Australian Financial Review reported state-controlled PTT was among three
consortia bidding for Shell's Australian petrol stations in a A$3 billion
($2.67 billion) auction.
Private
equity firm TPG is bidding with Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and the Kuwait
Investment Authority, the newspaper reported, while Macquarie Group was bidding
with PTT, it said, and oil trader Vitol was working with the Abu Dhabi
Investment Council.
(reuters.com)