石油圈中国石化新闻网讯 据世界石油伦敦1月7日消息，据知情人士透露，英国石油公司（BP）正在考虑出售其在北海Shearwater资产的股份，因为该公司专注于该地区的新项目，并在美国页岩气领域进行扩张。
据知情人士透露，这家英国公司已联系了潜在买家。其中一名知情人士说，该公司持有该项目约28%的股权。该公司不想以与荷兰皇家壳牌公司相同的速度向该项目注入资金，因为该项目是私有的，所以要求不要透露姓名。壳牌去年12月批准了对Shearwater平台的投资，这将使其能够从附近的北海油田收集更多天然气。
两位知情人士称，这笔交易可能价值数亿美元。英国石油公司最近完成了从必和必拓集团手中收购105亿美元美国页岩资产的项目，并表示将出售高达60亿美元的其他大部分已到期资产，以偿还收购所欠下的债务。
根据BP的网站，Shearwater由两个平台和一个油田组成，该油田生产天然气和一种叫做凝析油的石油。该油田位于苏格兰东海岸，2000年投产，是北海最大的生产区块之一。这个平台已经成为一个重要的基础设施枢纽，从附近的其他油田收集天然气，并将其输送到陆地上的加工中心。
壳牌公司拥有该公司28%的股份，是该公司的运营商。埃克森美孚持有44.5%的股份。
埃克森美孚拒绝置评。即使出售，BP仍将是北海的一个大型生产商。它的目标是到2020年将产量翻一番，达到日产20万桶。去年11月，该公司从40年前发现的克莱尔岭(Clair Ridge)巨型油田开始生产石油。
陈菲 摘译自 世界石油
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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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