France's Total sells its Italian gas business to UGI

PARIS (Reuters) — French oil and gas major Total has sold its gas business in Italy, Total Italia Gas, a subsidiary of its Italian joint venture TotalErg, to UGI Corp, an industry source said on Friday.

The sale is part of a move by the company to sells its assets in the Italian downstream retail market.

Total has said it plans to sell TotalErg, a JV with ERG that controls close to 2,600 service stations in Italy and has a market share of around 11%.

Total and UGI declined to comment.

Reporting by Bate Felix; Editing by Luke Baker and Mark Potter

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