据WENews 网站11月25日休斯顿报道，荷兰皇家壳牌公司)旗下的澳大利亚分公司壳牌澳大利亚公司周三说，该公司日前已与东帝汶政府达成一项股份出协议，以3亿美元的价格把其在澳大利亚Greater Sunrise气田中持有的26.56%股份出售给东帝汶政府。
壳牌澳大利亚公司在一份声明中说，Greater Sunrise气田位于东帝汶东南大约150公里(93英里)处以及达尔文西北大约450公里(279英里)处，Greater Sunrise气田由Sunrise气田、特鲁巴杜气田和数个凝析气田组成。
东帝汶政府特派代表古斯芒说：“东帝汶政府赞赏壳牌澳大利亚公司愿意出售其在Greater Sunrise气田项目中持有的股份”。
古斯芒回顾说，他今年早些时候在阿布扎比举行的“大西洋理事会世界能源论坛”上的讲话中曾强调，跨国公司必须承担对小国的责任作为他们社会经营许可证的一部分。“壳牌公司在整个谈判过程中的态度表明，该公司不仅愿意考虑自己的商业利益，而且还愿意考虑小国的利益，”古斯芒如是说。
李峻 编译自 WENews
原文如下：
Shell Australia Agrees to Sell Stake in Natural Gas Fields to Timor-Leste
Royal Dutch Shell's Shell Australia said Wednesday it entered into a sales agreement with Timor-Leste to sell the government a 26.56% interest in the Greater Sunrise fields for $300 million.
The Greater Sunrise fields, comprised of the Sunrise and Troubadour gas and condensate fields, are located about 150 kilometers (93 miles) southeast of Timor-Leste and 450 kilometers (279 miles) northwest of Darwin in the Northern Territory, Shell said in a statement.
Timor-Leste's Special Representative Xanana Gusmão stated that "Timor-Leste appreciates Shell's willingness to sell its interests in the Greater Sunrise project".
Gusmão recalled that, in his address at the "World Energy Forum of the Atlantic Council" in Abu Dhabi earlier this year, he stressed that multinational companies have to assume their responsibilities towards small countries as part of their social license to operate. "Shell's attitude throughout the negotiations shows that it is ready to consider not
