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Brightoil seals $50m term loan

Brightoil seals $50m term loan
Marine fuels supplier Brightoil Petroleum has secured a $50m term loan for 10 years from China Development Bank Corporation Hong Kong Branch.

Under the facility agreement, chairman and executive director Sit Kwong Lam is required to maintain control of the company.

Last month, Brightoil entered into a construction contract with China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau to build oil storage facilities with storage capacity of 1.94m cu m on the southern island of Waidiao Island in Zhejiang province, China.

Brightoil is the leading bunker supplier in China's southeastern Shenzhen port region and operates a fleet of ships comprising of bunker tankers, product tankers and VLCCs.