二叠纪盆地钻井公司将以50亿美元价格出售

据美国彭博新闻社报道，知情人士2月17日透露，私募股权支持的二叠纪盆地能源勘探公司Colgate Energy公司也在考虑在获得收购兴趣以后进行出售。该公司一直在准备上市。

其中一位不愿透露姓名的知情人士说公司可能卖出大约50亿美元。 知情人士说，Colgate Energy可能会出售给规模更大的竞争对手，或者与在附近作业的公司进行对等合并。 他们说，公司及其支持者珍珠能源投资公司和NGP能源资本公司正在与顾问们合作，对出售和首次公开募股(IPO)进行评估。

知情人士说，公司预计今年将产生超过10亿美元的利息、税项、折旧及摊销扣除前收益。 目前还没有最终决定，Colgate Energy可能选择保持独立。

Colgate Energy公司的一位代表拒绝置评。珍珠能源投资公司和NGP能源资本公司的代表没有回复记者的置评请求。

公司的上市计划正值美国石油和天然气勘探公司在大宗商品价格暴涨之际加大交易力度之际。 位于西得克萨斯州和新墨西哥州的二叠纪盆地是美国最大、石油产量最高的盆地，由于其利润丰厚且相当分散，长期以来一直是行业整合的焦点。 该公司是二叠纪盆地最活跃的私营钻井公司之一。

Colgate Energy公司是近几年来在二叠纪盆地成立的数十家由私人股本支持的石油勘探公司之一。于2015年在珍珠能源投资公司和NGP能源资本公司的支持下成立，并在二叠纪盆地快速增长的特拉华盆地建立了稳固地位，据其网站称，Colgate Energy能源公司在该地区的净探区面积超过10万英亩。

公司去年通过收购美国西方石油公司和Luxe能源公司的资产，实现了大举扩张。路透社此前曾报道过Colgate Energy公司的IPO计划。  

李峻 编译自 美国彭博新闻社 

原文如下：Permian Driller Explores $5B Sale

Colgate Energy, a private equity-backed energy explorer in the Permian Basin that’s been preparing to go public, is also considering a sale after getting takeover interest, according to people familiar with the matter. 

 The company could fetch about $5 billion in a sale, said one of the people, who asked to not be identified because the matter isn’t public. It could sell to a larger rival or do a merger of equals with companies operating nearby, the people said. The company and its backers Pearl Energy Investments and NGP Energy Capital are working with advisers to evaluate a sale as well as an initial public offering, they said. 

 It expects to generate more than $1 billion in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization this year, the people said. No final decision has been made and Colgate Energy could opt to remain independent.

 A representative for Colgate declined to comment. Representatives for Pearl Energy and NGP Energy didn’t respond to requests for comment. Colgate Energy comes to market as U.S. 

oil and gas explorers ramp up deal making amid a boom in commodity prices. The Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico -- the largest and most productive U.S. oilfield -- has long been a focus of consolidation because it is immensely lucrative and fairly fragmented. Colgate Energy is one of the most active private drillers in the basin. Colgate Energy is among dozens of private equity-backed explorers established in recent years in the Permian. 

It was started in 2015 with backing from Pearl Energy and NGP Energy and has built a large position in a fast-growing patch of the Permian known as the Delaware Basin, where it operates on more than 100,000 net acres, according to its website. It grew aggressively last year with its purchase of assets from Occidental Petroleum Corp. and Luxe Energy LLC. Reuters previously reported on Colgate Energy’s IPO plans.