Oman economy: OTI to acquire 40% of Hass group stake

Muscat: Oman Trading International (OTI) and Hass Petroleum Group (Hass) announced an agreement whereby OTI will acquire 40 per cent of Hass stake, a leading oil marketing company with significant presence across the African markets.
OTI will provide its supply and trading capabilities to strengthen the Hass service offering, enhance services to consumers and contribute to economic growth across the region.
In turn, Hass will enhance OTI’s market access to the African markets. The Hass founder and management team will continue to operate the business and work closely with OTI to grow and maintain long-standing relationships with customers, suppliers and regulators.
This acquisition is in line with the respective companies’ long term strategies.
OTI’s strategic priority of accelerating its growth by entering emerging markets with strong growth potential, which ties closely to Hass’s aspiration of being Africa’s leading oil marketing company. As a regular supplier of refined products to the Southern and East African region, this transaction will enable OTI and Hass to strengthen their businesses across and beyond an already substantial African footprint.
The completion of the transaction remains subject to, inter alia, approval by the relevant authorities.
Talal bin Hamid al-Oufi, CEO of OTI, commented “We are delighted to move onto the next phase of growth for OTI, agreeing our first major investment into Africa with Hass. Hass is a unique business
with substantial scale and growth potential where we enjoy a long-standing relationship and most importantly share a common understanding and vision of the African energy market”.
Abdul Nasser bin Ali Hassan, Chairman and Founder of Hass,commented “I am delighted to agree this transaction with OTI. I amconvinced that this transaction is a major step in ensuring Hass’s continued competitiveness across the region and I am confident that with OTI, we can achieve our mutual long-term growth aspirations”.