雪佛龙完成彪马在澳大利亚业务收购

据7月1日Offshore Energy消息：美国能源巨头和液化天然气运营商雪佛龙公司已经完成了对彪马能源公司澳大利亚商业和零售燃料业务的收购。

由托克和Sonangol控股的新加坡彪马能源向雪佛龙的下游部门出售了彪马在澳大利亚业务中的全部股份和权益。该交易价格为4.25亿澳元(合2.92亿美元)。

此次收购为雪佛龙的澳大利亚投资组合增加了一个由360多个零售商服务站组成的网络。它还包括商业和工业燃料业务，拥有或租用的沿海进口码头和燃料分配仓库。

雪佛龙负责下游和化工业务的执行副总裁马克?纳尔逊表示:“这项战略收购为我们在亚洲炼油合资企业的产品提供了成熟的基础设施，从而进一步整合了公司在亚太地区的价值链。”

雪佛龙的澳大利亚子公司运营着澳大利亚西部的Gorgon和Wheatstone两大液化天然气项目。

值得一提的是，该公司最近宣布正寻求出售其在澳大利亚伍德赛德领导的西北大陆架液化天然气合资企业中的股份。

雪佛龙在收到数名买家的竞标后，启动了对价值340亿美元的项目中所持16.67%股份的正式营销程序。

宣布消息后，伍德赛德首席执行长科尔曼在一次会议上表示，如果有必要且价格合适，该公司将考虑收购这些股份。

冯娟 摘译自 Offshore Energy

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Chevron wraps up Puma acquisition in Australia

US energy giant and LNG operator Chevron has completed the acquisition of Puma Energy’s Australian commercial and retail fuels business.

Singapore’s Puma Energy, majority-owned by Trafigura and Sonangol, sold all off shares and equity interests in the Australian business to Chevron’s downstream unit.

The deal has a price tag of A$425 million ($292 million).

The acquisition adds a network of more than 360 company-owned and retailer-owned service stations to Chevron’s Australian portfolio.

It also includes a commercial and industrial fuels business, owned or leased seaboard import terminals and fuel distribution depots .

“This strategic acquisition further integrates our value chain in the Asia Pacific region by providing a well-developed infrastructure for products from our Asian refining joint ventures in an attractive market,” said Mark Nelson, Chevron’s executive vice president for downstream and chemicals.

Chevron’s Australian unit operates the giant Gorgon and Wheatstone liquefied natural gas projects located in Western Australia.

Worth mentioning here, the company recently announced it is looking to sell its stake in the Woodside-led North West Shelf LNG venture in Australia.

Chevron 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.

Following the announcement, Woodside’s chief executive Peter Coleman said during a conference the company would consider acquiring the stake if it deemed necessary and the price was right.