据烃加工新闻5月12日消息称，伊拉克国营石油运营公司负责人周一表示，伊拉克正式要求购买美国能源巨头埃克森美孚在伊拉克最大油田西古尔纳1号的股份。
伊拉克上月表示，埃克森美孚正寻求出售其在西古尔纳1号油田32.7%的股份，而伊拉克石油部已开始就可能的收购展开讨论。
巴士拉石油公司主管Khalid Hamza在接受路透采访时表示：“我们已经做出了决定，我们向埃克森美孚发出了一封正式信函，要求购买其股份。”他补充说，石油和财政部将跟进确保安全的程序。
他说，埃克森美孚正寻求以3.5亿美元的价格出售这部分股份。
此前，有关购买该股的正式请求从未被报道过。
Hamza说，巴士拉石油公司在收购股权后，将与其他运营该油田的合作伙伴协调，以确保业务顺利进行。
西古尔纳1号的其他外国股东包括中石油、日本伊藤忠商事株式会社(Itochu Corp)和印尼国家石油公司，分别持有32.7%、19.6%和10%的股份。
伊拉克国有石油勘探公司持有其余5%的股份。
对欧佩克第二大产油国伊拉克来说，石油收入至少占其收入的95%。
朱佳妮 摘译自 烃加工新闻
原文如下：
Iraq formally asks to buy $350 mln Exxon oilfield share
Iraq has formally asked to buy U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil's share in one of Iraq's biggest oilfields, West Qurna 1, the head of the state-run oil operating company said on Monday.
Iraq said last month that Exxon was seeking to sell its 32.7 per cent stake in West Qurna 1, and that the oil ministry had started discussions over a possible purchase.
"A decision has been made and we sent a formal letter to ExxonMobil asking to buy its share," Basra Oil Company director Khalid Hamza told Reuters in an interview, adding the oil and finance ministries will follow up with procedures to secure the finance.
He said Exxon was seeking to sell the share for $350 million.
The formal request to buy the share has not been previously reported.
Hamza said the Basra Oil Company would, after acquiring the stake, coordinate with the other partners operating the field to ensure operations continue smoothly.
The other foreign shareholders in West Qurna 1 are Petrochina with a 32.7 per cent stake, Japan's Itochu Corp with 19.6 per cent and Indonesia's Pertamina with 10 per cent.
The Iraq state-run Oil Exploration Company holds the remaining 5 per cent.
For Iraq, OPEC's second-largest producer, oil revenue represents at least 95 per cent of its income.
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