Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited (BSR) plans to float 242 million shares, equivalent to 7.79 percent of its chartered capital, in an IPO scheduled for January 17.
One corner of the Dung Quat Oil Refinery.(Photo: VNA)
Quang Ngai (VNA) – Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical CompanyLimited (BSR) plans to float 242 million shares, equivalent to 7.79 percent ofits chartered capital, in an initial public offering (IPO) scheduled forJanuary 17 on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE).
The information was announced at a seminar held at the HOSE on December 20.
Each share will be sold at the initial price of 14,600 VND.
BSR is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group(PetroVietnam) and operator of the 3 billion USD Dung Quat Oil Refinery, thefirst oil refinery in the country.
Under Decision No.1978/QD-TTg on December 8 on the approval of the firm’sequitisation plan, PetroVietnam will hold more than 1.33 billion shares, or 43percent of the chartered capital. More than 6.4 million preferential shareswill be sold to workers at the company while more than 1.5 billion shares willbe owned by strategic investors.
To date, 17 investment funds and five large groups have shown interest in thecompany. World Petro (the US) and MacronPetro Petroleum (Africa) haveregistered to buy every share offered to investors.
In addition, Repsol Group from Spain, Brunei National Petroleum Company, Indonesia’sstate-owned oil and natural gas corporation Pertamina and Singapore RefiningCompany are interested in BSR. Repsol also wants to join management and crudeoil trading at the Dung Quat Oil Refinery.
Dung Quay Oil Refinery’s stocks are also attractive to other large oil and gascorporations like Rosneft (Russia), SK (Republic of Korea) and PTT (Thailand).
During January-November, BSR earned total revenue of 71.9 trillion VND (3.17billion USD), surpassing yearly plan by 15.8 percent, and contributed more than9 trillion VND (396.9 million USD) to the state budget.-VNA
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One corner of the Dung Quat Oil Refinery.(Photo: VNA) 
