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US court recommends Dalinar’s $7.38 Billion bid for Citgo parent

According to a filing in court and a statement from the company, a U.S. court official overseeing the auction of PDV Holdings - the parent company of Venezuelan owned U.S. refiner Citgo Petroleum - has recommended that Gold Reserve subsidiary Dalinar Energy submit a bid for $7.38 billion.

Two sources familiar with the bid told us on Wednesday that a group led by commodities trading company Vitol submitted a bid in excess of $10 billion during the last hours of an auction organized by a U.S. federal court.

In the second round of bidding for PDV, the court chose an offer of $3.7 billion from Red Tree Investments, a Contrarian Funds affiliate. The bid included an agreement with holders of Venezuelan defaulted bonds to be paid.

According to court documents, Robert Pincus, the court officer, said that he thought Dalinar's offer was the best of all those submitted.

The filing stated that "Dalinar’s proposed sale transaction" was approximately $3.576 Billion higher than Red Tree's stalking horse transaction, and that Dalinar’s bid was "the highest offer that meets the requirements".

Gold Reserve reported that Dalinar’s revised $7.38 billion offer relies on equity and debt funding and is backed by a consortium consisting of Rusoro Mining and two units of U.S. company Koch, as well as Germany’s Siemens Energy.

Dalinar initially bid $7.1 billion for PDV.

A judge must approve the sale.

(source: Reuters)