BP Sells Key North Sea Pipeline to Ineos for $250 Million
- Ineos will pay $125 million on completion, rest over 7 years
- Forties pipeline system carries oil crucial in Brent pricing
A BP company logo is displayed on the forecourt of a gas station operated by BP Plc in London, U.K., on Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Royal Dutch Shell Plc, BP Plc, Statoil ASA and Platts, the oil-price data collector owned by McGraw Hill Financial Inc., said they're being investigated after the European Commission conducted raids in three countries to ferret out evidence of collusion.
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/BloombergBP Plc agreed to sell the Forties pipeline, one of the most important pieces of oil infrastructure in the U.K. North Sea, to Ineos AG for $250 million.
Ineos will make a cash payment of $125 million on completion and transfer a share of future earnings up to $125 million over seven years, BP said in a statement Monday. The London-based oil producer will retain rights to use the pipeline system’s capacity.