PT Chandra Asri Pacific Tbk (PTPIF)

Shell's Singapore refinery sale and its market significance

Oil giant Shell said on Wednesday that it has agreed to sell its Bukom refinery in Singapore - one of the world's largest oil refining and trading centres - to a joint venture of Indonesian chemicals firm PT Chandra Asri and global trading house Glencore, culminating a process that began last year. WHY IS SHELL SELLING ITS SINGAPORE "CROWN JEWEL" REFINERY?