Bangchak Petroleum Plc, majority part of which is owned by Thailand Government, will purchase 20 per cent stake in Nido Petroleum Ltd. for AUS$22.2 million. The purpose of company’s buying of Australian oil and gas explorer is expanding and diversifying Bangchak’s international portfolio and leveraging business risks.
BCP Energy International, the wholly-owned Singaporean subsidiary of Bangchak Petroleum Plc, entered into a share-sale agreement with Petroleum International Investment Corporation, domiciled in the British Virgin Islands, for 402.95 million fully paid ordinary shares of Nido Petroleum Ltd. BCP Energy was set up for the purpose of international investment in and the trading, operation and management of the energy, natural resources and petrochemical business.
Bangchak president Vichien Usanachote said that the company plans to use its own working capital to raise the capital of BCP Energy to A$22.2 million to fund the Nido Petroleum share acquisition.
