We can confirm that Vitol conducts the appropriate level of due diligence on all the projects to which it provides financing, either through equity participation or debt, though our influence varies depending on the nature of the involvement. Your letter and the associated documents contain a number of allegations. However, we note that many of these are unsupported by detail and facts...

We have read the documents which you provided and the allegations contained therein are also unspecific and unsubstantiated...