Sasol Sells 30% Mozambique Gas Pipe Stake for $361 Million
- Group of buyers includes a unit of South Africa’s Old Mutual
- Fuel and chemicals maker Sasol retains a 20% share of pipeline
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Sasol Ltd. agreed to sell a 30% stake in a natural gas pipeline running from Mozambique to South Africa for as much as 5.1 billion rand ($361 million) in order to pay down debt.
The deal rounds out an accelerated asset-sale program that has helped Sasol reduce borrowings that ballooned amid cost overruns at a giant U.S. chemicals project and call off a proposed $2 billion share sale. The company started hunting for a buyer for its pipeline shares last year as it examined ways to bolster its finances amid mounting pressure from creditors.