EXCLUSIVE: NNPC Cancels ExxonMobil $1.6bn Assets’ Sale To Seplat

State-owned oil giant opts to exercise of right of First Refusal as contained in Joint Operating Agreement (JOA) of the JV + details of NNPC position on planned sale of ExxonMobil shares to SEPLAT Energy Plc The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd has notified Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited of its intention to exercise a Right of Pre-emption on ExxonMobil’s planned sale of its entire asset in Nigeria’s onshore and shallow waters. Recall ExxonMobil and SEPLAT Energy recently announced a Sales Agreement for SEPLAT to purchase ExxonMobil’s complete shares in MPNU,…

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