据路透社9月6日奥斯陆报道，石油巨头埃克森美孚周五表示，已与Var Energi签署独家协议，就出售其在挪威上游资产的可能性进行谈判。
收购埃克森美孚在挪威的生产资产，将巩固Var Energi作为其仅次于Equinor的挪威第二大石油生产商的地位，但国有的Petoro公司除外，Petoro负责管理有关海上勘探许可证方面的政府股权。
路透社9月5日报道称，埃克森美孚已同意出售约20个联合运营油田的股份，两年前该公司出售了其运营资产。
埃克森美孚周五向路透证实了上述独家谈判，并称尚未签署最终销售协议。
挪威石油理事会(NPD)的数据显示，2018年，埃克森美孚在挪威以外地区油田的净产量为15.8万桶油当量/天。
埃尼集团拥有Var Energi近70%的股份。埃尼公司表示，去年该公司5个独家运营油田和14个联合运营油田的净产量为16.9万桶油当量/天。
Var是在去年通过将埃尼在挪威的资产与挪威石油公司Point Resources合并而成立的。Var此前曾表示，计划在本世纪20年代初将其净产出提高至25万桶油当量/天。
业内消息人士上月对路透社表示，埃克森美孚也在考虑出售其在英国北海已经营50多年的资产。
近年来，这家石油巨头更加专注于提高美国陆上页岩油的产量，特别是在二叠纪盆地，以及在圭亚那开发大型油田。
裘寅 编译自 路透社
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ExxonMobil confirms exclusivity agreement with Var Energi
Oil major ExxonMobil (XOM.N) said on Friday it had signed an exclusivity agreement with Var Energi for negotiations regarding a possible sale of Exxon’s Norwegian upstream assets.
An acquisition of Exxon’s production assets in Norway would cement Var Energi’s position as the second largest petroleum producer in Norway after Equinor (EQNR.OL), excluding state-owned Petoro, which manages government stakes in offshore licenses.
Reuters reported on Sept. 5 that Exxon had agreed to sell its stakes in around 20 partner-operated fields, two years after selling its operated assets.
Exxon confirmed the exclusive talks to Reuters on Friday and said that a final sales agreement has yet to be signed.
In 2018, Exxon’s net production from fields off Norway was 158,000 barrels of oil equivalents per day (boepd), data from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate showed.
Var Energi, almost 70% owned by Eni, produced net 169,000 boepd from five operated and 14 partner-operated fields last year, the company has said.
Var, which was established last year by merging Eni’s assets in Norway with Norwegian oil firm Point Resources, has previously said it aimed to boost its net output to 250,000 boepd in the early 2020s.
Exxon is also considering selling its assets in the British North Sea after more than 50 years, industry sources told Reuters last month.
The oil major has been focusing more in recent years to growing its onshore U.S. shale production, especially in the Permian basin, as well as developing large oil discoveries in Guyana.
