-- 根據彭博新聞週二援引知情人士報道，雪佛龍（CVX）正與Eneos就出售其亞洲資產組合進行深入談判，交易金額可能超過20億美元。 這些資產包括位於新加坡、馬來西亞、菲律賓和澳洲的煉油廠和燃油零售網路。 報道稱，雙方的目標是在本季內達成協議。 彭博社報道稱，Eneos已成為最後的競購者，領先嘉能可和維多等競爭對手。 雪佛龍和Eneos尚未回覆的置評請求。 （市場動態新聞來自與全球市場專業人士的對話。這些資訊被認為是來自可靠來源，但可能包含傳聞和猜測。準確性無法保證。）
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