雪佛龙出售澳大利亚NWS LNG项目的股份

在吸引了潜在买家的兴趣后，美国能源巨头雪佛龙将出售其在澳大利亚西北大陆架液化天然气合资企业的股份。

在收到数家买家的投标后，该公司启动了对其在这个价值340亿美元的项目中所持16.67%股份的正式营销程序。

雪佛龙澳大利亚公司周四在一份电子邮件声明中表示:“在一系列可靠买家主动接洽之后，雪佛龙澳大利亚公司已决定向市场推广其在NWS项目中未运营的六分之一权益。”

澳大利亚最古老的液化天然气工厂由伍德赛德(Woodside)运营，30多年来一直在从澳大利亚西北海岸的气田中液化天然气。

然而，这些油田的天然气正逐渐枯竭，该项目现在正将重点转向一种不同的商业模式，旨在处理来自第三方的天然气。

该声明称:“NWS项目正将重点转向成为一家具有全球竞争力的第三方收费机构，现在正是雪佛龙考虑潜在买家提出的合理价值建议的恰当时机。”

雪佛龙补充称，作为西澳大利亚州Gorgon和Wheatstone两大液化天然气项目的运营商，该公司仍致力于澳大利亚业务。

卡拉塔天然气厂有五条液化天然气生产线，每年的产能为1690万吨。该设施还设有国内天然气生产线、凝析稳定装置和液化石油气装置。

除了运营商Woodside和雪佛龙，其他在NWS项目的合作伙伴包括BP，壳牌，必和必拓和日本澳大利亚液化天然气公司。

赵斌 编译自 离岸能源

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Chevron selling stake in Australia’s NWS LNG project

US energy giant Chevron is selling its stake in the Australian North West Shelf LNG venture after drawing interest from potential buyers.

The company made a move to start a formal marketing process for its 16.67 per cent stake in the $34 billion project after receiving bids from several buyers.

“Chevron Australia has made the decision to market its non-operated one-sixth interest in the NWS project, following a number of unsolicited approaches from a range of credible buyers”, the company said in a emailed statement on Thursday.

Australia’s oldest LNG plant, operated by Woodside, has been liquefying gas from fields located off the north-west coast of Australia for more than 30 years.

Hovewher, these fields are slowly running out of gas and the project is now shifting its focus towards a different business model aimed at processing gas from third parties.

“The NWS Project is shifting its focus towards becoming a globally competitive third-party tolling facility, and this is the appropriate time for Chevron to consider fair value proposals from potential buyers for its interest”, the statement said.

Chevron added it remains committed to Australia as operator of the giant Gorgon and Wheatstone LNG projects located in Western Australia.

The Karratha gas plant has five LNG trains with a capacity of 16.9 million tonnes per year. The facility also features domestic gas trains, condensate stabilisation units and LPG units.

Besides operator Woodside and Chevron, other partners in the NWS project include BP, Shell, BHP, and Japan Australlia LNG.