壳牌5.41亿美元出售阿巴拉契亚页岩气资产

据世界石油2020年5月4日海牙报道，荷兰皇家壳牌公司日前通过其旗下子公司SWEPI LP(“壳牌”)与美国上市能源公司国家燃料燃气公司(NFG)及其子公司塞内加资源公司、国家燃料燃气中游公司和 NFG中游卡温顿公司达成了一项协议，,以5.41亿美元的价格向美国公司出售其在阿巴拉契亚地区的页岩气资产。这笔交易的生效日期为2020年1月1日。

对价将以现金支付，但NFG有权选择提供至多1.5亿美元的NFG普通股作为对价。这笔交易是壳牌公司剥离非核心资产计划的一部分，符合壳牌公司的页岩战略，该战略专注于开发利润率更高的轻质致密油资产。

壳牌上游主管瓦埃尔?萨万表示：“出售我们在阿巴拉契亚地区的位置，符合我们专注于页岩气业务的愿望。”“虽然我们在当前环境下最大化了现金，但我们在页岩气领域的竞争地位仍在继续。这是我们上游业务组合的核心部分，同时也是我们深水和常规油气业务的核心部分。”

这笔预计将在今年7月底前完成的交易有待监管部门的批准。

李峻 编译自 世界石油

原文如下：

Shell sells Appalachia shale gas assets for $541 million

Royal Dutch Shell plc, through its affiliate SWEPI LP (“Shell”), has reached an agreement with publicly listed U.S. energy company National Fuel Gas Company (NFG), and its subsidiaries, Seneca Resources Company, LLC, National Fuel Gas Midstream Company, LLC, and NFG Midstream Covington, LLC (together

“National Fuel”), to sell its Appalachia shale gas position for $541 million, subject to closing adjustments.

The transaction has an effective date of January 1, 2020.

The consideration is intended to be paid in cash, but National Fuel has the option to provide up to $150 million of NFG common stock as consideration. The transaction is part of divesting non-core assets and in line with Shell’s Shales strategy which focusses on development of higher margin, light tight oil assets.

“Divesting our Appalachia position is consistent with our desire to focus our Shales portfolio,” said Wael Sawan, Upstream Director at Shell. “While we maximize cash in the current environment, our drive for a competitive position in Shales continues. It is a core part of our Upstream portfolio along with the Deep Water

and Conventional oil and gas businesses.”

The sale is subject to regulatory approvals and expected to close by end of July 2020.