据OE网站12月10日报道，在伦敦上市的石油和天然气公司科莫斯能源公司（Kosmos Energy）已经基本完成之前宣布的向壳牌出售其前沿海上油气勘探资产的交易，南非交易预计将于2021年完成。
根据9月首次宣布的协议，壳牌同意收购科莫斯在苏里南、圣多美&普林西比、纳米比亚和南非的权益。
壳牌同意收购科斯莫斯在纳米比亚近海PEL0039区块45%的权益;南非 NCUD区块 45%的权益;苏里南42区块33%的权益。在圣多美&普林西比，壳牌同意收购科斯莫斯在以下区块的股份:第6区块/ 25%;第11区块/ 35%;第10和13区块/ 35%。
科莫斯周四表示，已完成向壳牌公司出售苏里南、圣多美和普林西比和纳米比亚股权的交易，交易金额约为9,500万美元，再加上未来的或有付款多达1亿美元。南非的权益转移预计于2021年进行。
该协议包括对资产组合中的前四口探井的每一次商业发现支付5000万美元的或有款项，总额上限为1亿美元。今年9月该交易首次宣布时，4口井中有3口计划在2021年完工。目前尚不清楚该计划是否仍在实施。
科莫斯能源公司董事长兼首席执行官安德鲁·g·英格利斯(Andrew G. Inglis)表示，我们很高兴能如期完成与壳牌的这笔交易。这些收益使科莫斯能够加强资产负债表，同时加速已探明盆地的高级别勘探机会。与壳牌协议中规定的或有付款，确保我们在无需进一步投资的情况下保留前沿勘探的利润。
科莫斯将把最初收益的三分之一用于在墨西哥湾的两个由基础设施主导的高质量勘探项目，每个都将通过低成本，低碳的开发计划提供枢纽规模的潜力。
目前正在对Winterfell前景进行首次测试，并有望在明年初取得结果。 该公司希望将所得的剩余款项用于减少其信贷额度下的未偿债务。
科莫斯表示，交易完成后，其仍专注于西非和墨西哥湾已探明盆地的勘探业务，总资源潜力超过60亿桶。
郝芬 译自 OE
原文如下：
Kosmos Energy Completes Sale of Frontier Exploration Assets to Shell
London-listed oil and gas company Kosmos Energy has partially completed the previously announced sale of its frontier offshore oil and gas exploration assets to Shell, with the South Africa transaction expected to complete in 2021.
Under the agreement first announced in September, Shell agreed to buy Kosmos' interests in Suriname, Sao Tome & Principe and Namibia and South Africa.
Shell agreed to acquire Kosmos' 45% interest in PEL0039 block offshore Nambia; 45% interest in Block NCUD in South Africa; 33,33% in Block 42 in Suriname. In S?o Tomé & Príncipe Shell agreed to acquire Kosmos' shares in the following blocks: Block 6 / 25%; Block 11 / 35%; Blocks 10 & 13 / 35%.
Kosmos said Thursday it had completed the sale of Suriname, Sao Tome & Principe, and Namibia stakes to Shell for approximately $95 million, plus future contingent payments of up to $100 million. The transfer of interests in South Africa is expected to take place in 2021.
The agreement includes contingent payments of $50 million payable upon each commercial discovery from the first four exploration wells drilled across the asset portfolio, capped at $100 million in aggregate. When the deal was first announced in September, three of the four wells were planned for 2021. It's not clear if this schedule is still Andrew G. Inglis, Kosmos Energy's chairman and chief executive officer said: "We are pleased to complete this transaction with Shell Kosmos will use up to The first test "Post completion of the transaction, Kosmos retains a focused exploration portfolio with over six billion barrels of gross resource potential in proven basins in West Africa and the Gulf of Mexico," Kosmos said.
