以色列德莱克将为利维坦气田融资22.5亿美元

据离岸工程网站7月27日消息 以色列德莱克钻井公司计划通过发行国际债券筹集22.5亿美元，帮助其为以色列地中海沿岸利维坦天然气项目的开发提供资金。

德莱克周一表示，预计将在未来几周内完成的这一发行将由摩根大通和汇丰银行牵头，并将保证其在利维坦项目中的权利，以利于债券持有人。

德莱克钻井集团表示，在发行后，它将回购至多5000万美元的现有债券，其中包括用于资助规模较小的塔玛天然气项目的债券。

以色列价值36亿美元的利维坦油田由德克萨斯州德莱克的诺布尔能源和Ratio 石油共同所有，该油田于2019年底开始生产，目前已向以色列、埃及和约旦供应天然气。

上周雪佛龙公司表示，将以约50亿美元的股票收购诺布尔能源。

债券的路演将分为四个系列，预计将于2023、2025、2027和2030年到期，并将在未来几天推出。

吴恒磊 编译自 离岸工程

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Delek to Sell $2.25B of Bonds to Finance Leviathan Gas Field

Israel's Delek Drilling plans to raise $2.25 billion in an international bond offering to help it finance the development of the Leviathan natural gas project off Israel's Mediterranean coast.

The issue, expected to be completed in coming weeks, will be led by JP Morgan and HSBC, Delek said on Monday, adding it will pledge its rights in the Leviathan project in favor of the bondholders.

Delek Drilling, controlled by conglomerate Delek Group, said that after the offering it would buy back up to $50 million of its existing bonds, including those used to finance the smaller Tamar gas project.

Israel’s $3.6 billion Leviathan field - co-owned by Delek, Texas-based Noble Energy, and Ratio Oil - started production in late 2019 and is already supplying gas to Israel, Egypt and Jordan.

Last week Chevron Corp said it would buy Noble for about $5 billion in stock.

A roadshow for the bonds, which will be divided into four series expected to mature in 2023, 2025, 2027, and 2030, will be launched in coming days.