道达尔将北海非核心资产出售给NEO能源

据石油和天然气管道新闻网5月20日消息，道达尔于2019年7月首次宣布，将完成其英国北海非核心资产的出售，并已与私人股本投资者HitecVision重新协商了财务条款。

这家法国石油巨头在一份新闻声明中表示：“由于最近市场大幅波动，道达尔和总部位于挪威的私人股本投资者HitecVision成功地重新谈判了交易的财务条款，以应对当前环境，而天然气不再是交易的一部分。”

道达尔首席财务官Jean-Pierre Sbraire表示：“我们已与HitecVision及其投资组合公司NEO 能源密切合作，以再次确认我们对完成交易的共同承诺。双方商定的修订方案是对当前市场状况的回应，同时保留了交易的大部分价值。审议和分期付款的结构已作了修改，包括有息卖主融资和获利能力安排。我们期待着尽快完成项目，并由NEO能源公司接管运营。我们相信这次出售对双方公司和员工都是正确的。”

道达尔和NEO能源已经制定了详细的转型计划，以便在项目完成时实现平稳的运营交接，同时允许NEO专注于尽可能快地嵌入计划的运营效率和增长计划。

待监管部门批准后，双方预计将在2020年第三季度完成交易。

程张翔 编译自 石油和天然气管道新闻

原文如下：

Total confirms the sale of UK assets to NEO Energy

Total confirmed its commitment to completing the sale of its UK North Sea non-core assets, first announced in July 2019, and that it had renegotiated financial terms with private equity investor HitecVision.

In a press statement, the French oil giant said that: “Reflecting recent significant market volatility, Total and Norway-based private equity investor HitecVision have successfully renegotiated the financial terms of the deal to respond to the current environment – while Petrogas is no longer part of the transaction.”

“We have worked closely with HitecVision and its portfolio company NEO Energy to reconfirm our mutual commitment to completing the deal. The agreed revisions respond to current market conditions while retaining the majority of the value of the transaction. The structure of the consideration and phasing of payments has been modified, including interest-bearing vendor financing and earnout arrangements,” declared Jean-Pierre Sbraire, Chief Financial Officer at Total. “We look forward to progressing swiftly to completion and for NEO Energy to take over operations. We are confident that this sale is the right thing for both parties and for the business and its employees.”

Total and NEO Energy have developed detailed transition plans to deliver a smooth handover of operations upon completion, while allowing NEO to focus on embedding planned operating efficiencies and growth plans as rapidly as possible.

Subject to regulatory approvals, the parties expect to complete the transaction by the third quarter 2020.