據世界石油2020年5月4日海牙報道，荷蘭皇家殼牌公司日前通過其旗下子公司SWEPI LP(“殼牌”)與美國上市能源公司國家燃料燃氣公司(NFG)及其子公司塞內加資源公司、國家燃料燃氣中游公司和 NFG中游卡溫頓公司達成了一項協議，,以5.41億美元的價格向美國公司出售其在阿巴拉契亞地區的頁巖氣資產。這筆交易的生效日期為2020年1月1日。

對價將以現金支付，但NFG有權選擇提供至多1.5億美元的NFG普通股作為對價。這筆交易是殼牌公司剝離非核心資產計劃的一部分，符合殼牌公司的頁巖戰略，該戰略專注于開發利潤率更高的輕質致密油資產。

殼牌上游主管瓦埃爾?薩萬表示：“出售我們在阿巴拉契亞地區的位置，符合我們專注于頁巖氣業務的愿望。”“雖然我們在當前環境下最大化了現金，但我們在頁巖氣領域的競爭地位仍在繼續。這是我們上游業務組合的核心部分，同時也是我們深水和常規油氣業務的核心部分?！?/span>

這筆預計將在今年7月底前完成的交易有待監管部門的批準。

李峻 編譯自 世界石油

原文如下：

Shell sells Appalachia shale gas assets for $541 million

Royal Dutch Shell plc, through its affiliate SWEPI LP (“Shell”), has reached an agreement with publicly listed U.S. energy company National Fuel Gas Company (NFG), and its subsidiaries, Seneca Resources Company, LLC, National Fuel Gas Midstream Company, LLC, and NFG Midstream Covington, LLC (together

“National Fuel”), to sell its Appalachia shale gas position for $541 million, subject to closing adjustments.

The transaction has an effective date of January 1, 2020.

The consideration is intended to be paid in cash, but National Fuel has the option to provide up to $150 million of NFG common stock as consideration. The transaction is part of divesting non-core assets and in line with Shell’s Shales strategy which focusses on development of higher margin, light tight oil assets.

“Divesting our Appalachia position is consistent with our desire to focus our Shales portfolio,” said Wael Sawan, Upstream Director at Shell. “While we maximize cash in the current environment, our drive for a competitive position in Shales continues. It is a core part of our Upstream portfolio along with the Deep Water

and Conventional oil and gas businesses.”

The sale is subject to regulatory approvals and expected to close by end of July 2020.