据离岸工程6月4日报道称，总部位于美国的墨菲石油公司宣布，已完成对同胞石油和天然气公司LLOG价值12.27亿美元的墨西哥湾深水资产的收购。
墨菲石油公司总裁兼首席执行官Roger W.Jenkins表示，“在我们继续对公司进行改革的同时，我们很高兴能完成墨西哥湾的又一笔增值交易。在我们的第三方储备工程师对这些新收购的资产进行审计后，我们将探明储量增加了13％，达到7300万桶油当量，这进一步增强了这一收购指标的吸引力。
他表示：“我们新近扩大的墨西哥湾投资组合符合墨菲的长期愿景，我们希望在拥有长期经营成功经验的地区增加高利润率，石油加权产量。”
该交易于2019年4月23日宣布，生效日期为2019年1月1日。
所收购的资产将由墨菲勘探与生产公司持有，该公司为美国墨菲石油的全资子公司，而非MP墨西哥湾公司的一部分。而MP墨西哥湾公司目前拥有墨菲在墨西哥湾资产的所有权。
徐蕾 摘译自 离岸工程
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Murphy Completes Acquisition of LLOG GoM Assets
US-based Murphy Oil Corporation announced that its has completed its $1.227 billion acquisition of deepwater Gulf of Mexico assets from compatriot oil and gas company LLOG.
Murphy Oil President and CEO, Roger W. Jenkins, said, “We are excited to close another accretive Gulf of Mexico transaction as we continue to transform the company. After our third-party reserve engineers audited these newly acquired assets, we were able to increase the proved reserve volumes by 13%, to 73 Mmboe which further enhances the attractive acquisition metrics.
“Our newly expanded Gulf of Mexico portfolio is consistent with Murphy’s long-term vision of increasing high-margin, oil-weighted production in an area where we have a long history of operational success,” stated
The transaction, announced The acquired assets will be fully owned by Murphy Exploration & Production Company – USA and not part of MP Gulf of Mexico, the entity which currently owns all of Murphy’s legacy producing Gulf of Mexico assets.