据美国彭博新闻社10月10日休斯敦报道，由于美国石油巨头雪佛龙公司寻求在其它地方获得更高回报，该公司将出售其在挪威的最后一份剩余石油勘探许可证，这使该公司距离全面撤出老化的北海盆地又近了一步。
雪佛龙公司在挪威海上的业务多年来一直有限，但放弃最后一笔资产的决定再次表明，该公司不愿押注北欧等成熟地区。雪佛龙公司正寻求出售其在英国的大部分油田——上周，该公司同意将其在Rosebank项目中的股份出售给挪威石油公司Equinox 或 ASA——并在9月份出售了其在丹麦的唯一资产。
根据彭博社9月28日从挪威能源部获得的一封信，雪佛龙公司现在已同意将其在巴伦支海PL859许可证20%的股份转让给挪威DNO ASA公司。挪威石油部在信中表示，这份由Upstream网站最先报道的协议“意味着雪佛龙挪威公司将关闭其在挪威的业务并永久离开挪威大陆架。”
雪佛龙公司和DNO均没有立即回复置评请求。
李峻 编译自 美国彭博新闻社
原文如下：
Chevron Quits Norway
Chevron Corp. is selling its last remaining oil exploration license in Norway, putting it Chevron’s activity off Norway has been limited for years, but the decision to relinquish its last asset there again shows its reluctance to bet Now Chevron has agreed to transfer its 20 percent stake in the PL859 license in the Barents Sea, off Norway’s northern tip, to DNO ASA, according to a Sept. 28 letter from the Norwegian energy ministry obtained by Bloomberg. The deal, first reported by Upstream, “implies that Chevron Norge AS shuts down its operations in Norway and leaves the Norwegian shelf permanently,” the ministry said in the letter.
Chevron and DNO didn’t immediately reply to requests for comment.
