石油圈中國石化新聞網訊 據世界石油倫敦1月7日消息，據知情人士透露，英國石油公司（BP）正在考慮出售其在北海Shearwater資產的股份，因為該公司專注于該地區的新項目，并在美國頁巖氣領域進行擴張。
據知情人士透露，這家英國公司已聯系了潛在買家。其中一名知情人士說，該公司持有該項目約28%的股權。該公司不想以與荷蘭皇家殼牌公司相同的速度向該項目注入資金，因為該項目是私有的，所以要求不要透露姓名。殼牌去年12月批準了對Shearwater平臺的投資，這將使其能夠從附近的北海油田收集更多天然氣。
兩位知情人士稱，這筆交易可能價值數億美元。英國石油公司最近完成了從必和必拓集團手中收購105億美元美國頁巖資產的項目，并表示將出售高達60億美元的其他大部分已到期資產，以償還收購所欠下的債務。
根據BP的網站，Shearwater由兩個平臺和一個油田組成，該油田生產天然氣和一種叫做凝析油的石油。該油田位于蘇格蘭東海岸，2000年投產，是北海最大的生產區塊之一。這個平臺已經成為一個重要的基礎設施樞紐，從附近的其他油田收集天然氣，并將其輸送到陸地上的加工中心。
殼牌公司擁有該公司28%的股份，是該公司的運營商。?？松梨诔钟?4.5%的股份。
?？松梨诰芙^置評。即使出售，BP仍將是北海的一個大型生產商。它的目標是到2020年將產量翻一番，達到日產20萬桶。去年11月，該公司從40年前發現的克萊爾嶺(Clair Ridge)巨型油田開始生產石油。
陳菲 摘譯自 世界石油
原文如下：
BP is said to plan sale of North Sea Shearwater stake
BP Plc is considering selling its stake in the Shearwater assets in the North Sea as it focuses on new projects in the area and expands in U.S. shale, according to people familiar with the matter.
The British company has contacted potential buyers, the people said. It doesn’t want to pump money into the project, in which it owns about 28%, at the same pace as operator Royal Dutch Shell Plc, one of the people said, asking not to be named because the matter is private. Shell in December approved an investment in the Shearwater platforms that would allow it to collect more natural gas from nearby North Sea fields.
A sale could be worth several hundred million dollars, two of the people said. BP, which recently completed a $10.5 billion acquisition of U.S. shale assets from BHP Group Ltd., has said it will sell as much as $6 billion of other mostly mature assets to pay down debt taken for the purchase.
Shearwater consists of two platforms and a field, which produces gas and a type of oil called condensate, according to BP’s website. Located off Scotland’s east coast, the field was brought online in 2000, and is one of the biggest producing blocks in the North Sea. The platform has become a critical infrastructure hub, collecting gas from other nearby fields and piping it to a processing center on land.
Shell owns 28% of the Shearwater and is the operator. Exxon Mobil Corp. has a 44.5% stake.
Exxon declined to comment. Even with a sale, BP would still remain a large producer in the North Sea. It aims to double its output there to 200,000 boed by 2020. In November, the company started oil production from the giant Clair Ridge development, which was discovered 40 years ago.
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