Blue Water Acquisition Corp. III has announced the submission of a $10 billion bid to acquire PDV Holding Inc., the parent company of Citgo Petroleum Corp., through a Delaware court-supervised auction process. The proposal aims to provide immediate recovery for creditors and offer them a stake in the future of Citgo as a U.S. public company. The bid includes cash or stock distributions to general creditors and a $3.2 billion settlement for holders of the PDVSA 2020 bonds, payable in cash or shares of the entity that will own Citgo. Key assets involved in the auction comprise three major U.S. refineries, midstream infrastructure, lubricant plants, and a retail distribution network of over 4,000 service stations. Blue Water's proposal seeks to return Citgo to U.S. ownership as a publicly listed company.