据彭博社5月5日消息，荷兰皇家壳牌公司在最近剥离原油加工领域资产的行动中，与霍利前线公司（HFC）达成一项协议，以3.5亿美元向后者出售旗下普吉特海湾炼油厂。
炼油商HFC声明称，还将为位于华盛顿和亚拉巴马州萨拉兰德工厂的烃类库存支付1.5亿至1.8亿美元。该交易还包括实地热电联产和物流资产。
壳牌为调整资产以更好适应未来低碳需求，正不断缩减其炼油投资组合。该公司目前关注着拥有一体化石油精炼与化工厂的地区，在石油化学品行业未来押注。
去年9月，壳牌表示将把下游工厂从14个减少至6个，保留的包括路易斯安那州的诺科工厂与德克萨斯州的迪尔帕克工厂。之后，壳牌在11月又表示，受疫情对燃料工业的破坏性影响，该公司正在关停路易斯安那州的南部的康凡特炼油厂。
HFC表示，预计以一年内暂停定期季度分红、加上手头现金为此次收购融资。交易将在四季度前完成。
HFC首席执行官迈克·詹宁斯在一份声明中表示：“普吉特海湾炼油厂将补充我们的现有炼油业务，我们将打入高端产品市场并以优势渠道获得加拿大原油。”
詹乐乾 摘译自彭博社
原文如下：
Shell Sells U.S. Refinery for $350 Million in Latest Divestment
Royal Dutch Shell PLC reached an agreement to sell its Puget Sound Refinery to HollyFrontier Corp. for $350 million in the latest major divestment from the European oil giant that’s moving away from processing crude.
The U.S. refiner will also pay an estimated $150 million to $180 million for the hydrocarbon inventories at the facility based in Washington and Saraland, Alabama, according to a HollyFrontier statement. The transaction also includes on-site co-generation and logistical assets.
Shell is shrinking its refining portfolio as it adjusts its holdings to better align with a lower-carbon future. The company is instead focusing on sites that have integrated oil refineries and chemical plants -- a bet on the future growth of petrochemicals.
In September, the European major said it would retain only six downstream facilities including Norco in Louisiana and Deer Park in Texas, paring back from 14. Shell then said in November it was shutting its Convent refinery in south Louisiana amid the devastating impacts from the pandemic on the fuel industry.
HollyFrontier said it expects to fund the takeover with a one-year suspension of its regular quarterly dividend and cash on hand. The deal should be closed by the fourth quarter.
“Puget Sound Refinery will complement our existing refining business, with sales into premium product markets and advantaged access to Canadian crude,” HollyFrontier Chief Executive Officer Mike Jennings said in the statement.
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