The FINANCIAL — The KMG International Group, through KMG Trading, managed on behalf of KazMunayGas, the process of selecting Vitol, as the company to arrange up to $3bln prepayment on the back of future crude oil deliveries representing 20% share of KazMunayGas in Tengiz oilfield.
Headquartered in the Netherlands, Vitol is one of the leading traders of raw materials and petroleum products worldwide, according to Rompetrol.
“The results and expertise of KMG International in trading operations supported our involvement in the coordination of this important and complex project for our sole shareholder – KazMunayGas, thus contributing to streamlining the operations of Kazakh oil exports via our trading division. Yearly, KMG Trading operates over 14 million tons of raw materials and finished products and this experience and capacity lead us to be the promoter of the Kazakhstan petroleum industry at the international level and a stability mainstay of the energetic sector in the region of the Black and Mediterranean Seas”, states Zhanat Tussupbekov, CEO of KMG International.
In the upcoming period, KMG Trading together with KMG, Vitol and Tengizchevroil representatives will start working on finalizing the documentation of this important transaction of KMG. It is expected that KMG will be able to draw the first tranche within 2-4 months.
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