BP stock steady in wake of Texas City refinery sale
Posted on October 08, 2012 at 13:01 PM EDT
The big announcement this morning that BP Plc has sold its Texas City refinery to Ohio-based Marathon Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: MPC) barely moved the needle on its share price, while Marathon got a bump of more than 5 percent. BP (NYSE: BP) shares were down less than half a percentage point late Monday morning. Speculation has run high about the details of the $2.5 billion deal, which the Financial Times hinted at in September. The large, complex refinery is complicated by a storied history. An explosion…
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