黑石集团收购LLOG墨西哥湾项目股份

据哈特能源7月29日消息，以色列Navitas石油公司7月28日表示，与黑石集团签署了一项初步协议，将其在墨西哥湾一个钻井项目中持股比例从16%提高到47%。

Navitas曾与美国石油公司LLOG和黑石集团的投资组合公司Beacon离岸能源合作，在拥有4.31亿桶石油的Shenandoah油田进行钻探。Navitas说，黑石集团通过Beacon收购了LLOG在这个2.5亿美元的项目中持有的31%的股份，而Navitas将继续持有53%的股份。

该公司指出，该项目预计将为公司带来11.3亿美元的现金流。预计生产将于2024年开始。该集团最近与Transocean Ltd.签署了钻井平台协议。

Navitas董事长Gideon Tadmor表示：“黑石和Beacon的能力将有助于完成项目的融资和快速成功的开发。”

程张翔 编译自 哈特能源

原文如下：

Blackstone Group to Buy LLOG’s Stake in Gulf of Mexico Project

Israel's Navitas Petroleum LP said July 28 The Blackstone Group LP signed a preliminary deal to raise its stake in a drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico to 47% from 16%.

Navitas had partnered with U.S. oil firm LLOG Exploration Co. LLC and Blackstone's portfolio company Beacon Offshore Energy LLC in drilling at the Shenandoah discovery that holds 431 million barrels of oil. Blackstone, through Beacon, is buying LLOG's 31% holding in the $250 million project while Navitas would continue to hold 53%, Navitas said.

It noted that the project is expected to generate $1.13 billion in cash flow for the company. Production is forecast to begin in 2024.

The group recently signed a deal for drilling rig with Transocean Ltd.

"Blackstone's and Beacon's capabilities will help complete the project's financing and rapid and successful development," Navitas Chairman Gideon Tadmor said.