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GENEVA and ROTTERDAM - Vitol Tank Terminals B.

GENEVA - - This Release was Issued on the Vitol Website on the 14th October 2009.

GENEVA - Vitol Inc., part of the Vitol Group of companies ("Vitol"), today entered into an agreement with Manchester Securities Corp., an affiliate of Elliott Management Corporation, to purchase a 100% interest in SemGroup Energy Partners G.P., L.L.C., the general partner of SemGroup Energy Partners, L.P.

GENEVA - Eni announced yesterday that it has entered Ghana through the acquisition of majority stakes in the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) and Offshore Cape Three Points South (OCTPS) exploration licences.

GENEVA - The Sankofa -1A well drilled in its Cape Three Points Block, offshore Ghana, by the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) in conjunction with Vitol Upstream Ghana Limited (Vitol), encountered a net hydrocarbon column of approximately 36.3 metres comprising 33.1 metres of gas column and 3.2 metres of oil column in reservoir sands of Campanian age.