据休斯顿彭博社8月26日消息，7月份从必和必拓(BHP Billiton Ltd.)购买了质量更好的油气田后，BP公司正在考虑出售其部分老式的美国油气田。
总部位于伦敦的英国石油公司今天在一份电子邮件声明中表示，此次出售将是此前宣布的一项计划的一部分，该计划将在全球范围内剥离多达60亿美元的上游资产，为相同数额的股票回购计划提供资金。
英国石油是美国最大的天然气生产商之一，在科罗拉多州、新墨西哥州、俄克拉荷马州、得克萨斯州和怀俄明州的资产覆盖面积相当于新泽西州。但这家石油巨头现在希望将资本支出集中在7月份同意以105亿美元从澳大利亚墨尔本收购的必和必拓页岩资产上，这是该公司近20年来最大的收购。
“在BP最近宣布的收购必和必拓美国非常规油气资产组合收盘后，BP Lower 48可能出售其在美国本土的部分传统运营资产，”该公司在声明中说。BP计划将重点放在“更高回报资产”上。
胡晶晶摘译自彭博社
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BP considers selling older U.S. shale assets after BHP purchase
BP Plc is considering selling some of its older U.S. oil and gas fields after buying better quality The sales will be part of a previously announced plan to offload as much as $6 billion of upstream assets globally to fund a share buyback program of the same amount, London-based BP said in an emailed statement today.
BP is “Following the closing of BP’s recently announced acquisition of BHP’s U.S. unconventional oil and gas portfolio, BP Lower 48 may sell a portion of its legacy operating assets in U.S. onshore,” the company said in the statement. BP plans to focus on “higher return assets,” it said.
