Murphy Oil USA is selling its Meraux refinery in Louisiana to a unit of Valero Energy for $325 million. The deal also includes hydrocarbon inventory valued at about $300 million. The sale is part of the firm’s repositioning strategy to quit the refining business and offload its U.K. assets. Davis Polk & Wardwell is the legal counsel and Goldman Sachs the financial adviser to Murphy for the transaction.
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