据彭博社5月18日消息称，知情人士说，埃克森美孚已经引起了雷普索尔公司和英力士集团对其在墨西哥湾出售的一系列油田的兴趣。
一位不愿透露姓名的人士说，这些资产的价值可能高达15亿美元。出售给西班牙雷普索尔将扩大其在这一多产的海上地区的现有地位，而对英力士来说，这将标志着该公司首次成为海湾地区的油气生产商。这家英国公司已经在美国南部建立了石化工厂。
知情人士表示，出售协议最早可能在一个月后签署，不过目前尚未达成协议。埃克森美孚、英力士和雷普索尔拒绝就谈判置评。
随着石油巨头的年龄越来越大，其庞大的资产负债表上的物质越来越少，它们会定期剥离资产。埃克森美孚去年10月表示，它正在“测试市场对海湾地区一些运营和非运营生产资产的兴趣”。
曹海斌 摘译自 彭博社
原文如下：
Exxon Gulf of Mexico Sale Is Said to Draw Repsol, Ineos Interest
Exxon Mobil Corp. has drawn interest from Repsol SA and closely held U.K. petrochemical company Ineos Group Holdings in a package of oil fields it's selling in the Gulf of Mexico, according to people familiar with the matter.
The assets could be worth as much as $1.5 billion, said A sale agreement could be signed in as soon as month, the people said, although no deal has been agreed upon so far. Exxon, Ineos and Repsol declined to comment Oil majors regularly shed assets as they become older and less material to their large balance sheets. Exxon said in October that it was "testing market interest" in a number of operated and non-operated producing assets in the Gulf.