据能源新闻2月11日消息称，在EnCap投资公司的支持下，Equinor同意将其在美国北达科他州和蒙大拿州巴肯油田的权益转让给格雷森米尔能源公司，总金额约为9亿美元。
此次交易涵盖了Equinor在巴肯地区的所有运营和非运营区域，共计24.2万净英亩，以及相关的中游资产。2020年第四季度这些资产的权益产量为 48000桶油当量/天(扣除特许权使用费)。与此同时，Equinor市场营销公司将与格雷森米尔能源公司签订一份原油长期购买协议。
Equinor总裁兼首席执行官Anders Opedal说：“Equinor正在优化其石油和天然气资产组合，以增强盈利能力，使其在未来更加强劲。通过剥离我们的巴肯的资产，我们正在实现收益，这些收益可以用于我们投资组合中更具竞争力的资产，使我们能够为股东创造更多的价值。在过去的几年中，我们显著提高了巴肯资产的安全性、成本效率和二氧化碳浓度，我相信格雷森米尔能源公司将继续沿着这条道路走下去。”
Equinor负责国际开发与生产的执行副总裁Al Cook说：“我们正在采取行动提高Equinor国际石油和天然气业务的盈利能力。今天宣布退出我们的巴肯资产是这一进程中的重要一步。我们与格雷森米尔能源公司密切合作，以最佳方式保住工作岗位，确保专业知识的转让。
作为协议交易的一部分，所有Equinor油田员工和大量在巴肯资产上工作的支持团队将有机会转移到格雷森米尔能源公司。
交易的生效日期是2021年1月1日。成交须符合惯例条件，包括当局批准。
朱佳妮 摘译自 能源新闻
原文如下：
Equinor sells Bakken assets
Equinor has agreed to divest its interests in the Bakken field in the US states of North Dakota and Montana to Grayson Mill Energy, backed by EnCap Investments, for a total consideration of around US$900 million.
The transaction covers all of Equinor’s operated and non-operated acreage, totalling 242 000 net acres, and associated midstream assets in the Bakken. Entitlement production from these assets in 4Q20 was 48 000 boe/d (net of royalty interests). In parallel with this transaction, Equinor Marketing and Trading will enter into a term purchase agreement for crude offtake with Grayson Mill Energy.
“Equinor is optimising its oil and gas portfolio to strengthen profitability and make it more robust for the future. By divesting our Bakken position we are realising proceeds that can be deployed towards more competitive assets in our portfolio, enabling us to deliver increased value creation for our shareholders. Over the past few years, we have improved the safety, cost efficiency and CO2 intensity of the Bakken assets significantly and I am confident Grayson Mill Energy will continue on this path,” said Anders Opedal, president and chief executive officer of Equinor.
“We are taking action to improve the profitability of Equinor’s international oil and gas business. Today’s announcement on the exit of our Bakken assets is an important step in this process. We have worked closely with Grayson Mill Energy to preserve jobs and to ensure the transfer of expertise in the best possible way,” says Al Cook, executive vice president of Development & Production International at Equinor.
As part of the agreed transaction, all Equinor field employees and a significant number of the support teams working on the Bakken assets will have the opportunity to transfer to Grayson Mill Energy.
The effective date of the transaction is 1 January 2021. Closing is subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions, including authority approvals.
