Mercuria-backed Tailwind buys BP stake in Shearwater UK oilfield

Reuters

Published May 24, 2021 16:09

Updated May 24, 2021 16:35

LONDON (Reuters) -Tailwind, a private oil producer backed by commodity trader Mercuria, has agreed to buy BP (LON:BP)'s 27.5% stake in the Shearwater oilfield in the British North Sea, it said on Monday.

BP had previously agreed to sell the stake in Shearwater, as well as the stake in the BP-operated Andrews field, to Premier Oil (LON:HBR), but the deal fell through when Chrysaor bought Premier Oil to form Harbour Energy last year.