据3月25日路透社报道，负债累累的Ovintiv Inc表示，将以8.8亿美元的价格将其位于德克萨斯州的Eagle Ford资产出售给Validus Energy，这家油气生产商在能源行业经历了动荡的一年后，寻求支撑其财务状况。
Ovintiv公司于2020年将总部从加拿大迁至美国，希望能更好地获得资金。但是，去年由于新冠肺炎爆发的油价暴跌，迫使投资者远离了页岩气行业，寻求资产出售和兼并以求得生存。
随着欧佩克减产后，油价开始回升。Enverus并购分析师Andrew Dittmar表示：“由于原油价格远高于2020年的低点，有大量私募股权支持的公司在低增长的油田寻找机会，包括南德克萨斯州的鹰福特和北达科他州的巴肯。”
Dittmar表示：“由Felix Energy创始人Skye Callantine领导的Validus公司提出的8.8亿美元的价格，高于Eagle Ford页岩盆地2020年所有交易的总价值。”
这是一个强劲的价格，包括未开发面积的价值。Ovintiv股价收盘上涨一小部分，报价23.81美元。几周前，Ovintiv结束了与私募股权公司Kimmeridge Energy Management的代理权之争，后者曾敦促该公司改变其资本支出，将重点放在治理上。
Ovintiv周三表示，凭借超过11亿美元的资产出售，包括Eagle Ford和此前宣布的Duvernay出售，收益将实现其债务削减目标。它预计2021年年底的债务将低于50亿美元，在2022年上半年实现45亿美元的债务目标。
冯于荣 摘译自 路透社
原文如下：
Oil producer Ovintiv to sell Eagle Ford assets for $880 million
Debt-ridden Ovintiv Inc said it will sell its Eagle Ford assets in Texas to Validus Energy for $880 million, as the oil and gas producer seeks to shore up its finances following a tumultuous year for the energy industry.
Ovintiv moved its headquarters from Canada to the United States in 2020 in the hopes of better access to capital. But a pandemic-driven crash in oil prices last year pushed away investors from the shale industry, forcing companies to look at asset sales and mergers for survival.
Oil prices have recovered since as OPEC and its allies made record output cuts.
With crude prices well above their 2020 lows, “there is a pool of private-equity backed companies looking for opportunities in lower growth” oilfields including the Eagle Ford in south Texas and Bakken in North Dakota, said Enverus M&A analyst Andrew Dittmar.
The $880-million price by Validus, headed by Felix Energy founder Skye Callantine, was higher than the combined value of all transactions in the Eagle Ford shale basin in 2020, Dittmar said.
“It is a strong price that includes value for untapped acreage.”
Ovintiv shares closed up a fraction at $23.81.
The sale comes weeks after Ovintiv ended a proxy fight with private equity firm Kimmeridge Energy Management that had urged the company to alter its capital spending and focus on governance.
Ovintiv said on Wednesday, with over $1.1 billion in asset sales, including the Eagle Ford and the previously announced Duvernay sale, proceeds will achieve its debt reduction target. It anticipates year-end 2021 debt to be below $5 billion.
It also expects to achieve its $4.5 billion debt target in the first half of 2022.
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