BP has agreed to divest a majority stake in its Castrol lubricants business to Stonepeak at a $10 billion enterprise value, generating roughly$6 billion in proceeds to accelerate debt reduction and streamline its downstream portfolio. BP reached the deal following a strategic review of Castrol, concluding in a sale that values the business at an implied 8.6x EV/LTM EBITDA and establishes a new joint venture in which Stonepeak will hold 65%, and BP will retain 35%. The transaction marks one of BP’s larges ...