據7月20日Offshore Energy報道稱，石油和天然氣公司Premier Oil已與英國石油公司（BP）簽署了購銷協議，根據6月公布的修訂條款，收購其在Andrew地區的權益及其Shearwater資產。

為了提醒大家，Premier和BP簽署了一份6.25億美元的收購協議，收購Andrew和Shearwater在英國北海的資產。油價隨后暴跌， BP在6月份同意降低銷售價格。

今年6月，該公司宣布可以修改收購資產的條款。也就是說，完成時應付的現金減少到2.1億美元，而估計的經修訂的放棄債務從大約6億美元減少到稅前約2.4億美元。

Premier oil周一表示，在獲得債權人對收購的批準后，與這家石油巨頭簽署了修訂后的協議。

據該公司稱，此次收購是有條件的，前提是同意派米雷現有信貸設施的再融資條款、股權融資以及其他常規審批，包括股東批準。

Premier將在完工后向BP支付2.1億美元。該公司將通過股本募集，為2.1億美元的完成對價提供全部資金，預計將包括先發制人部分。收購計劃于2020年9月底完成。

此外，根據未來石油和天然氣價格的上漲，Premier還將向BP支付1.15億美元。這一進一步的考慮將由收購資產的收入供資。

該公司表示，BP將保留100%的現有Shearwater棄置成本和50%的現有Andrew地區棄置成本，這將導致Premier承擔約2.4億美元的稅前棄置義務。

洪偉立 摘譯自 Offshore Energy

原文如下：

Premier Oil signs discount deals for BP’s North Sea assets buy

Oil and gas company Premier Oil has signed sale and purchase agreements with oil major BP for the acquisition of its interests in the Andrew Area and its Shearwater assets, under revised terms announced in June.

To remind, Premier and BP signed a $625 million acquisition of deals for Andrew and Shearwater assets in the UK North Sea. Oil prices then crashed and BP in June agreed to lower the sale price.

In June, Premier announced that it was able to amend terms for the acquisition of the assets. Namely, cash payable at completion is reduced to $210 million while estimated revised abandonment obligations are reduced to around $240 million pre-tax from around $600 million.

Premier Oil said on Monday that the signing of the amended deal with the oil major occurred after the receipt of creditor approval for the acquisitions.

According to the company, the BP acquisitions are conditional on agreeing with terms of the refinancing of Premier’s existing credit facilities, equity funding and customary other approvals, including shareholder approval.

Premier will pay BP $210 million upon completion. The company will fully fund the $210 million completion consideration via an equity raise, expected to include a pre-emptive component. The completion of the acquisitions is scheduled to occur by the end of September 2020.

Also, up to a further currently estimated $115 million would become payable by Premier to BP based on higher future oil and gas prices. This further consideration would be funded by revenues from the acquired assets.

The company stated that BP would retain 100 per cent of the existing Shearwater abandonment costs and 50 per cent of the existing Andrew Area abandonment costs resulting in around $240 million of pre-tax abandonment obligations to be taken on by Premier.