据11月12日路透社报道,法国石油公司道达尔(Total)希望出售其在尼日利亚近海的一个深水油田12.5%的股份。
据消息人士透露,位于尼日尔河三角洲120公里(75英里)外的石油开采租约(OML)118价值高达7.5亿美元
消息人士称,罗斯柴尔德投资银行(Rothschild)正在负责相关的出售事宜。道达尔的一位发言人拒绝对此置评,Kallanish能源公司和罗斯柴尔德投资银行也拒绝置评。
OML118由荷兰皇家壳牌公司运营,持有55%的股权。埃克森美孚持有该区块20%的股权,而意大利埃尼集团和道达尔集团各持有12.5%的股权。此次出售是道达尔计划到2020年出售的50亿美元资产的一部分。
该区块包括尼日利亚第一个深水项目Bonga油田,该项目于2005年启动,峰值时日产原油约22.5万桶,日产天然气约1.5亿立方英尺。
随着该油田100亿资金的投资开发,产量预计将大幅增长,日产量可达20万桶,约占尼日利亚目前石油产量的10%。
壳牌及其合作伙伴于去年对Bonga Southwest做出投资决定,但因与尼日利亚政府之间财政条款的不确定性推迟了这一进程。
洪伟立 摘译自 路透社
原文如下:
Total looks to sell stake in Nigerian offshore block
French oil major Total wants to sell its 12.5% stake in a deepwater oilfield off the coast of Nigeria, industry and banking sources told Reuters.
The stake in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 118, which is located some 120 kilometers (75 miles) off the Niger River Delta, is valued at up to $750 million, two of the sources revealed
Investment bank Rothschild is running the sale process for Total, the sources said. A spokeswoman for Total declined to comment, as did Rothschild, Kallanish Energy finds.
OML 118 is operated by Royal Dutch Shell, which holds a 55% interest in the lease. ExxonMobil holds a 20% stake in the block, while Italy’s Eni and Total each hold 12.5%.
The sale is part of Total’s plan to sell $5 billion of assets around the world by 2020, the sources disclosed.
The block includes the Bonga field, Nigeria’s first deepwater project, which started in 2005 and produced roughly 225,000 barrels per day of crude oil and 150 million cubic feet per day of natural gas at its peak.
Output from the block is planned to grow sharply with the $10 billion development of the Bonga Southwest field, which is expected to produce up to 200,000 Bpd, roughly 10% of Nigeria’s current oil production.
Shell and its partners were expected to make an investment decision on Bonga Southwest last year, but uncertainty over its fiscal terms with the Nigerian government have delayed the process.