Buckeye Partners buys half of 海洋 終点 company for $1.15 bln
Oct 24 (Reuters) - Buckeye Partners LP, which operates pipelines and other transportation and 貯蔵 資産s for liquid 石油 製品s, said it bought a 50 パーセント 火刑／賭ける in a 海洋 終点 company for $1.15 billion.
Buckeye Partners said on Monday that the other 50 パーセント in VTTI B.V. will continue to be held 共同で by Vitol, the world's largest oil 仲買人, and Vitol's 投資 乗り物.
VTTI, which owns and operates about 54 million バーレル／樽s of 石油 製品s 貯蔵 through 13 終点s globally, was 以前 平等に owned by Vitol and its 投資 乗り物, によれば VTTI's website.
A 大多数 of VTTI's cash flows are also supported by take-or-支払う／賃金 貯蔵 協定s with Vitol, Buckeye Partners said in a 声明.
The company said it 推定する／予想するs the 取引，協定 to すぐに 追加する to its distributable cash flow per 限られた／立憲的な partner 部隊 in 2017.
"We 推定する／予想する this 投資 to 生成する 増加するing 年４回の 配当s supported by stable 料金-based cash flows," 大統領 Officer Clark Smith said.
Midstream companies such as Buckeye Partners make money by 非難する 料金s for use of their 施設s, but have 直面するd sharp 拒絶する／低下するs in throughput 予定 to a two-year 大勝する in oil prices.
The company also said on Monday it 開始するd a 7.5 million 申し込む／申し出ing of 限られた／立憲的な 共同 部隊s to partly 基金 the de al.
Barclays 資本／首都 Inc 行為／法令／行動するd as the 排除的 財政上の 助言者 to Buckeye Partners.
The 取引，協定 is 推定する／予想するd to の近くに in 早期に January 2017. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Arathy S Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza)
