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EU: Commission to clear Shell unit buyout, says source

By  |  August 29, 2013

The European Commission will reportedly clear Sweden-based refiner Nynas to acquire a unit of Royal Dutch Shell, said a source.

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    Following an investigation into the buyout of Shell’s Harburg, Germany refinery, over concerns the new company would be Europe’s only producer of a certain kind of oil within Europe.

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    The oils, naphthenic base oils, are used in metalworking fluids and industrial grease, among other products.

    The source said, however, that the Commission will clear the deal without concessions.

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