据彭博新闻社2021年3月10日伦敦报道,由于油气公司都在寻求充分利用原油从新冠肺炎疫情大流行引发的低迷中复苏的机会,英国北海的油气交易量在过去短短两个多月的时间里已超过了去年油气交易总量。
根据咨询公司伍德麦肯兹的数据,北海今年披露的油气收购金额已达到27亿美元。本周,两家少数人持股的买家——挪威能源投资公司HitecVision支持的NEO 能源公司和新成立的Waldorf 生产英国有限公司——在24小时内完成了两笔油气交易,总交易值超过了10亿美元。
伍德麦肯兹欧洲上游业务首席分析师Neivan Boroujerdi 3月9日在一份报告中表示,这一“年度重磅开局”使得英国北海成为了今年全球最热门的油气交易市场之一。他估计,由于大型石油公司继续撤离北海日益老化的油田,被更年轻、更小的公司取代,今年北海地区可能还有价值50亿美元的资产易手。
成立不到两年的NEO能源公司是今年迄今为止英国北海地区最大的油气资产买家。2月份,NEO能源公司与埃克森美孚公司达成了价值大约10亿美元的交易,3月8日又以高达6.25亿美元的价格收购了Zennor 石油公司,这些都使NEO能源公司跻身英国5大石油生产商之列。
伍德麦肯兹数据显示,NEO能源公司现在的原油日产量约为8万桶,仅次于法国道达尔公司、英国石油公司、美国Harbour 能源公司和荷兰皇家壳牌公司。
李峻 编译自 彭博新闻社
原文如下:
UK North Sea Deals Boom
In just over two months, North Sea dealmaking has surpassed last year’s total as companies look to make the most of crude’s emergence from the pandemic-induced slump.
Disclosed oil and gas acquisitions have reached $2.7 billion this year, according to consultant Wood Mackenzie Ltd. A big chunk came within 24 hours this week as two closely held buyers -- NEO Energy, backed by Norwegian investment firm HitecVision AS, and newcomer Waldorf Production U.K. Ltd. -- snapped up two separate deals worth more than $1 billion combined.
This “blockbuster start to the year” makes the U.K. North Sea NEO, founded less than two years ago, has been the biggest buyer in the region so far this year. Its deal with Exxon Mobil Corp. last month, worth about $1 billion, and Monday’s acquisition of Zennor Petroleum Ltd. for as much as $625 million, has propelled the firm to the U.K.’s top-5 producers.
It will now pump around 80,000 barrels a day -- lagging only behind Total SE, BP Plc, Harbour Energy Plc and Royal Dutch Shell Plc, according to WoodMac.





