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Cosan buys Exxon's assets in Brazil for $826 mln

Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:31am EDT

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SAO PAULO, April 24 (Reuters) - Brazilian sugar and ethanol producer Cosan said Thursday it had agreed to buy ExxonMobil's assets in Brazil for $826 million.

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The deal includes distribution and trading assets of Esso, a unit of U.S. oil company ExxonMobil (XOM.N), in the Latin American country, Cosan SA (CSAN3.SA) said in a statement.

Cosan is a subsidiary of Cosan Ltd. (CZLT11.SA)(CZZ.N). (Reporting by Inae Riveras; Editing by John Picinich)



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