为应对石油市场衰退，加拿大生产商和债券人准备抛售资产。然而，近期的一项新政策可能阻碍石油资产交易。
本周一晚间，加拿大Alberta能源开发监管机构（Alberta Energy Regulator）出台一项新政策，要求对油气资产购买者进行更严格的偿付能力测试。尽管这一举措有利于确认购买方是否拥有做好清井工作的能力，交易各方却表示这一规定会阻碍交易达成。
Black Spruce Merchant Capital公司（总部位于Calgary）首席执行官Sonny Mottahed认为：“新政策将对资产配置活动十分不利，人们感到猝不及防。”
此次政策变化是针对上月Alberta一项法庭判决而推出的临时举措。新政策出台后，破产石油公司Redwater Energy的购买方考虑到相关清井工作的负担，拒不接纳该公司几处不景气的资产。这一事件还引发了广泛讨论：破产厂商的负债条目中环境负债该如何定位？石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
来自/Rig Zone 6月22日消息 编译/赵美园
A sudden regulatory shift threatens to curb Canadian energy asset deals, just as producers and creditors look to unload properties two years into a crude market downturn.
The Alberta Energy Regulator made a surprise rule change Monday evening, requiring a more stringent solvency test for buyers of oil and natural gas assets. While the move is meant to ensure purchasers can cover well cleanup costs, some dealmakers say it will also hinder transactions.
“It’s going to create dampened activity on asset dispositions,” said Sonny Mottahed, managing partner and chief executive officer of Calgary-based Black Spruce Merchant Capital Corp. “People are caught off guard and they’re very surprised.”
The rule change – meant to be an interim measure – is in response to an Alberta court decision last month. That ruling, which the regulator is appealing, let the receiver of bankrupt oil company Redwater Energy Corp. walk away from some assets it deemed unprofitable, plus the related clean-up responsibilities. The case triggered a broader discussion over how environmental liabilities should rank among debts of an insolvent producer.
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