BP Sells Its LPG Business in Turkey

November 27, 2012

BP Gas Turkey said that Russian based Oteko Group has agreed to buy its bottle, wholesale LPG, and Petgaz-branded autogas businesses.

BP is retaining its BP-branded autogas business and plans to integrate it into BP Turkey’s Fuels Value Chain, which runs the company’s fuels business including its retail sites in Turkey.

Subject to the sale are all the assets of the LPG bottles and wholesale and Petgaz branded-autogas businesses. These businesses annually supply approximately 400,000 tonnes of bottle, wholesale and autogas LPG through 500 customers and dealers. They have 117 employees and operate from various locations throughout Turkey.

The sale of the business to Oteko follows BP’s announcement in February that it intended to sell its LPG bottles and bulk businesses, as well as some of its wholesale LPG activities, in the UK, Portugal, Austria, Poland, Netherlands, Belgium, Turkey, China, and South Africa.

Kamuran Yazganoglu, BP Gas Turkey General Manager, said: “We believe Oteko will be able to build on the portfolio and business we have developed and grow the business further in the best interests of our customers and other stakeholders.” Tufan Erginbilgic, BP’s Chief Operating Officer for Refining and Marketing, said: “BP is committed to Turkey. It is an important country placed in a central part of the Eastern Hemisphere region. It has excellent BP fuels, lubricants and aviation businesses that are well positioned for growth and the BTC pipeline plays a key part in meeting fuel demands for the region and wider markets. The sale of the LPG business follows a strategic review of this business, and we feel that Oteko are best placed to develop the business in the future in Turkey.”

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LNG World News Staff, November 27, 2012