Vitol, Total in Talks to Acquire Brazil's Alesat
Vitol, the world's biggest oil trader, and France's Total are in talks to acquire Brazilian fuel distribution company Alesat Combustíveis SA, Brazilian newspaper Valor Economico said on Tuesday.
Talks with Vitol are more advanced but there is also a third firm -- an American commodities trader -- which is also interested, the paper said, citing executives familiar with the matter.
Shareholders in Alesat had agreed to sell the company to the fuel distribution unit of Ultrapar Participações SA for 2.17 billion reais in June 2017. But Brazilian antitrust watchdog Cade blocked the deal last August.
To the paper, Alesat denied its shareholders are in talks to sell the company.
Alesat and Total did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Vitol declined to comment.
Reporting by Alexandra Alper
