埃克森美孚考虑出售马来西亚离岸资产

据世界石油网站10月9日报道，据知情人士称，据知情人士透露，埃克森美孚公司正考虑出售其位于马来西亚近海的上游资产，作为美国能源巨头剥离计划的一部分。

知情人士说，该公司正在就出售马来西亚资产的可能性与一名顾问合作，可能筹集约20亿至30亿美元。由于此事属于私人性质，这名人士要求不具名。

知情人士还说，埃克森美孚已开始试探潜在买家，不过出售的考虑仍处于初级阶段，公司可能会做出反对交易的决定。知情人士表示，潜在的竞标者可能包括其他对该地区感兴趣的大型能源公司。

埃克森美孚没有立即回复记者在美国正常营业时间之外的置评请求，该公司总部位于美国得克萨斯州，新加坡和澳大利亚的代表也无法发表评论。

在此举之前，埃克森美孚上个月以45亿美元的交易退出挪威，并决定将澳大利亚资产重新投放市场，这是埃克森美孚多年来生产停滞、股价落后的情况下，为其历史上最大的企业转型之一提供资金努力的一部分。包括安德鲁·哈伍德在内的伍德麦肯齐分析师周一在一份研究报告中表示，在亚洲，埃克森很可能退出越南、印度尼西亚、泰国、澳大利亚和马来西亚的总计50亿美元的项目。

根据其网站，埃克森美孚与马来西亚国有石油公司签署了四份生产分成合同，在马来西亚生产石油和天然气。它的资产包括在海上的Tapis混合业务中拥有30％的股份，该业务生产的低硫原油曾经是亚洲炼油厂的基准。

此外，作为埃克森美孚亚太撤资计划的一部分，该公司上月表示，正再次尝试出售其在澳大利亚东南部的油气资产，包括长期生产的吉普斯兰盆地在维多利亚州境外的项目。今年6月，澳大利亚报纸报道称，埃克森美孚在这些资产中所持的50%股份，包括朗福德天然气厂，可能价值约30亿美元。

李方征 编译自 世界石油

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Exxon considering Malaysian offshore asset sale

Exxon Mobil is considering a sale of its offshore Malaysia upstream assets as part of U.S. energy giant’s divestiture program, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The company is working with an adviser on the potential sale of the Malaysian assets, which could raise about $2 billion to $3 billion, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private.

Exxon has started sounding out potential buyers, although sale considerations are at a preliminary stage and the company could decide against a transaction, the people said. Potential bidders could include other major energy companies with an interest in the region, the people said.

Exxon didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment outside of regular business hours in the U.S., where it’s headquartered in Texas, and representatives in Singapore and Australia weren’t able to provide comment.

The move follows Exxon’s $4.5 billion deal last month to exit Norway and the decision to put Australian assets back on the market, part of its efforts to fund one of the biggest corporate turnarounds in its history after years of stagnating production and a stock-price that’s lagged rivals. In Asia, Exxon is likely to exit projects worth a combined $5 billion in Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Australia and Malaysia, Wood Mackenzie Ltd. analysts including Andrew Harwood said in a research note Monday.

Exxon produces oil and gas in Malaysia under four production sharing contracts with the state-owned Petroliam Nasional Bhd, according to its website. Its assets include a 30% stake in the offshore Tapis Blend operations, which produces a low-sulfur crude that was once a benchmark for Asian oil refiners.

Also as part of Exxon’s Asia-Pacific divestment push, the company said last month that it’s trying again to offload its oil and gas assets in southeast Australia, including the long-producing Gippsland Basin project offshore Victoria state. The Australian newspaper reported in June that Exxon’s 50% stake in the assets, which include the Longford Gas Plant, could be worth about $3 billion.