据钻机地带网2019年6月28日休斯顿报道，美国独立油气生产商W&T海上公司周四宣布，该公司日前与埃克森美孚公司签署了一项买卖协议，将斥资2亿美元收购后者在墨西哥湾东部地区的油气生产设施和相关陆上加工设施。
收购这些位于阿拉巴马州近海的资产将使W&T海上公司在墨西哥湾9个海上生产油田拥有经营权益以及获得在W&T海上公司现有资产附近的一个陆上处理设施的作业权。
这笔将增加7400万桶油当量净探明储量的交易还将使W&T海上公司成为莫比尔湾地区最大的运营商。
W&T海上公司首席执行官Tracy Krohn在一份公司声明中称：“我们很高兴收购这些生产资产，此举符合我们过去提出的所有标准，是推动股东从收购中获得更高价值的必要条件。这些下降幅度较小的资产具有很高的增值能力，自由现金流为正，与我们目前的业务相邻……此外，我们还有机会从潜在的油田寿命延长、钻井和设施升级机会中进一步增加储量。”
这项墨西哥湾资产买卖协议预计将在今年8月30日结束，其生效日期为2019年1月1日。
李峻 编译自 钻机地带
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W&T Offshore Inks Deal with Exxon for GOM Assets
Independent producer W&T Offshore, Inc. has entered into a purchase and sale agreement with ExxonMobil Corp. to acquire oil and gas producing properties in the eastern region of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and related The acquisition of the assets – located offshore Alabama – will give W&T working interests in and operatorship of nine GOM offshore producing fields as well as an The deal, which will add net proved reserves of 74 million barrels of oil equivalent, will also make W&T the largest operator in the Mobile Bay area.
“We are pleased with this purchase of producing properties which meets all the criteria we have outlined in the past as necessary to drive increased shareholder value from acquisitions,” W&T CEO Tracy Krohn said in a company statement. “These low decline assets are highly accretive, free cash flow positive and adjacent to our current operations… In addition, we also have the opportunity for further growth in reserves from potential field life extensions and drilling and facility upgrade opportunities.”
The deal is expected to close Aug. 30, 2019 and will have an effective date of Jan. 1, 2019.
