Equinor在债券市场融资39亿美元

据离岸工程网站5月18日消息 挪威石油公司Equinor周一筹集了34亿美元的欧元和美元债券，这是该公司在原油价格疲弱之际争取长期融资的最新举措。

首席财务官拉尔斯?克里斯蒂安?巴赫在一份声明中表示：“在当前动荡的市场形势下，未来的不确定性很高，我们认为进一步增强财务灵活性和弹性是有价值的。”

周一早些时候，首次发行的6年期7.5亿欧元（8.19亿美元）债券和12年期10亿欧元债券不久之后，又发行了两期各7.5亿美元的美元债券，到期日分别为6年和10年。

Equinor表示：“发行这些债券的净收益将用于一般公司用途，其中可能包括偿还或购买现有债务或其他用途。”

这些新债券是在上月50亿美元的债务出售之后所发行，债券期限从5年到30年不等。

Equinor最近几周采取了一系列措施来保留现金，包括无限期推迟50亿美元的股票回购计划，以及削减约30亿美元的运营成本和投资。

该公司还将季度股息削减了三分之二，将金融危机以来首次削减派息归咎于新一轮冠状病毒爆发期间油价走低。

2026年欧元债券的利息为0.75%，2032年欧元债券的息票率为1.375%。这两种美元债券2026年和2030年的收益率分别为1.75%和2.375%。

截至一季度末，Equinor的净负债率（杠杆比率）为25.8%，比上季度高出两个百分点。

（1美元=0.9162欧元）

吴恒磊 编译自 离岸工程

原文如下：

Equinor Raises $3.9 Bln in the Bond Market

Norwegian oil company Equinor raised $3.4 billion in euro and dollar bonds on Monday, in its latest push to secure long-term funding at a time of weak crude prices.

"In the current volatile market situation characterised by high uncertainty going forward, we see the value in further increasing our financial flexibility and resilience," Chief Financial Officer Lars Christian Bacher said in a statement.

Initial issues of a six-year 750 million euro ($819 million) bond and a 12-year 1 billion euro bond earlier on Monday were followed shortly after by two U.S. dollar tranches of $750 million each, with maturities of six and 10 years.

"The net proceeds from the issue of the Notes will be used for general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment or purchase of existing debt, or other purposes," Equinor said.

The new bonds follow last month's $5 billion debt sale in which maturities ranged from five to 30 years.

Equinor has taken a range of steps in recent weeks to preserve cash, including the indefinite postponement of a $5 billion share buyback programme and cuts to operating costs and investment of about $3 billion.

It also slashed its quarterly dividend by two thirds, blaming low oil prices amid the new coronavirus outbreak for the first cut in its payout since the financial crisis.

The 2026 euro bonds pay interest of 0.75% while the 2032 euro issue comes with a 1.375% coupon. The two dollar bonds carry a yield of 1.75% and 2.375% for the 2026 and 2030 issues respectively.

Equinor's net debt ratio, or gearing, stood at 25.8% at the end of the first quarter, two percentage points higher than in the previous quarter.

($1 = 0.9162 euros)