Premier Oil签署收购BP北海资产修订协议

据7月20日Offshore Energy报道称，石油和天然气公司Premier Oil已与英国石油公司（BP）签署了购销协议，根据6月公布的修订条款，收购其在Andrew地区的权益及其Shearwater资产。

为了提醒大家，Premier和BP签署了一份6.25亿美元的收购协议，收购Andrew和Shearwater在英国北海的资产。油价随后暴跌， BP在6月份同意降低销售价格。

今年6月，该公司宣布可以修改收购资产的条款。也就是说，完成时应付的现金减少到2.1亿美元，而估计的经修订的放弃债务从大约6亿美元减少到税前约2.4亿美元。

Premier oil周一表示，在获得债权人对收购的批准后，与这家石油巨头签署了修订后的协议。

据该公司称，此次收购是有条件的，前提是同意派米雷现有信贷设施的再融资条款、股权融资以及其他常规审批，包括股东批准。

Premier将在完工后向BP支付2.1亿美元。该公司将通过股本募集，为2.1亿美元的完成对价提供全部资金，预计将包括先发制人部分。收购计划于2020年9月底完成。

此外，根据未来石油和天然气价格的上涨，Premier还将向BP支付1.15亿美元。这一进一步的考虑将由收购资产的收入供资。

该公司表示，BP将保留100%的现有Shearwater弃置成本和50%的现有Andrew地区弃置成本，这将导致Premier承担约2.4亿美元的税前弃置义务。

洪伟立 摘译自 Offshore Energy

原文如下：

Premier Oil signs discount deals for BP’s North Sea assets buy

Oil and gas company Premier Oil has signed sale and purchase agreements with oil major BP for the acquisition of its interests in the Andrew Area and its Shearwater assets, under revised terms announced in June.

To remind, Premier and BP signed a $625 million acquisition of deals for Andrew and Shearwater assets in the UK North Sea. Oil prices then crashed and BP in June agreed to lower the sale price.

In June, Premier announced that it was able to amend terms for the acquisition of the assets. Namely, cash payable at completion is reduced to $210 million while estimated revised abandonment obligations are reduced to around $240 million pre-tax from around $600 million.

Premier Oil said on Monday that the signing of the amended deal with the oil major occurred after the receipt of creditor approval for the acquisitions.

According to the company, the BP acquisitions are conditional on agreeing with terms of the refinancing of Premier’s existing credit facilities, equity funding and customary other approvals, including shareholder approval.

Premier will pay BP $210 million upon completion. The company will fully fund the $210 million completion consideration via an equity raise, expected to include a pre-emptive component. The completion of the acquisitions is scheduled to occur by the end of September 2020.

Also, up to a further currently estimated $115 million would become payable by Premier to BP based on higher future oil and gas prices. This further consideration would be funded by revenues from the acquired assets.

The company stated that BP would retain 100 per cent of the existing Shearwater abandonment costs and 50 per cent of the existing Andrew Area abandonment costs resulting in around $240 million of pre-tax abandonment obligations to be taken on by Premier.