Nobel收购壳牌在两家钻井企业的股份

据12月4日Offshore Energy报道，海上钻井承包商诺布尔公司（Noble Corporation）和壳牌公司（Shell）已完成交易，诺布尔收到了壳牌公司支付的合同款项，接管了壳牌在两家钻井合资企业中的权益。

据10月底的报道，诺布尔与壳牌展开谈判，以获得Bully II合同的付款，并获得壳牌在Bully I和Bully II合资企业中的权益。

诺布尔周二在美国证券交易委员会（SEC）的一份文件中表示，已完成此前披露的与壳牌的交易，涉及诺布尔和壳牌各持有50%股权的两家合资企业。

在此交易中，壳牌买下了诺布尔Bully II钻井船钻探合同的剩余期限，诺布尔获得了壳牌在Noble Bully I和Noble Bully II合资企业中的权益。

诺布尔表示，壳牌收购钻井合同的协议金额是基于合同剩余约888天每天约20.6万美元的合同保证金。由此产生的1.83亿美元的估计金额须经净现值调整，并进一步调整，最后买断价为1.66亿美元。为购买壳牌在合资企业的权益，诺布尔向壳牌发出了应付票据。

邹勤 摘译自 Offshore Energy

原文如下：

Noble buys Shell’s interest in two drillship JVs as Shell exits drilling contract

Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation and oil major Shell have completed their deal under which Noble received payout from Shell for a drillship contract and took over Shell’s interest in two drillship joint ventures.

As reported in late October, Noble started discussions with Shell to receive payout of the Noble Bully II contract and to acquire Shell’s interest in the Bully I and Bully II joint ventures.

In an SEC filing on Tuesday, Noble said it had completed the previously disclosed transaction with Shell relating to the two joint ventures in which Noble and Shell each held a fifty percent interest.

In such transaction, Shell bought out the remaining term of its drilling contract for the drillship Noble Bully II, and Noble acquired Shell’s interests in the Bully I and Bully II joint ventures.

The amount agreed by the parties for Shell to buy out the drilling contract was based on a negotiated contract margin of approximately $206,000 per day for the remaining 888 days of the contract, Noble said.

The resulting gross value of $183 million was subject to a net present value adjustment and was further adjusted for amounts relating to a prior period, resulting in a buyout price of $166 million. In exchange for Shell’s JV Interests, Noble issued a note payable to Shell.