Business Roundup

Wintershall Dea , the oil and gas affiliate of BASF, has completed the sale of its exploration and production assets to Harbour Energy for $2.2 billion in cash, plus Harbour stock. The deal excludes activities in Russia. Citroniq Chemicals has raised $12 million in series A financing from Lummus Technology Ventures and another energy technology firm. Citroniq plans to build a plant in Nebraska that will make polypropylene from corn-based ethanol. Genvor , a start-up that develops biological disease controls for crops, will get access to lab space and equipment at a Bayer research campus in California. Genvor hopes to start selling antimicrobial peptides to control bacteria and fungi infections this year. Orlen has started bringing its chemical and refinery operations at its site in Litvínov, Czech Republic, back on line after a WWII bomb found on the site was made safe . As of Sept. 3, the company expected