据世界天然气网站10月21日消息 美国液化天然气运营商Dominion能源与Brookfield Super-Core基础设施合作伙伴达成协议，将Cove Point 25%的非控股股权以略高于20亿美元的价格出售给Brookfield。
Dominion在声明中称，与Brookfield资产管理控股基础设施管理基金达成的协议是Dominion能源此前传达的为Cove Point建立永久性资本结构意向的一部分。
Dominion能源 Cove Point LNG公司拥有一个液化天然气进出口和储存设施，位于马里兰州卢斯比切萨皮克湾西岸，包括一条136英里长的管道，将该设施与州际管道系统连接起来。
该设施为美国、印度和日本的客户提供液化、气化、运输、储存和峰值天然气供应服务。
2018年，该公司完成了41亿美元的扩张，以实现天然气出口。
该交易代表一个82.2亿美元隐含的企业价值，不包括营运资本，同时支持公司现有的每股收益和盈利增长指导。
预计收益将用于一般公司用途，包括大幅减少2019年3月公司投资者日所述的年度普通股融资。
交易结束后，预计到2019年底，Dominion能源将保留对设备及其服务的全面运营控制，现有客户和雇员将不受这一资本重组协议的影响。
王磊 摘译自 世界天然气
原文如下：
Dominion Energy sells 25 percent stake in Cove Point
U.S. LNG operator Dominion Energy has entered into an agreement with Brookfield Super-Core Infrastructure Partners to sell a 25 percent non-controlling equity interest in Cove Point to Brookfield for just over $2 billion.
The agreement with the Brookfield Asset Management.controlled infrastructure fund is part of Dominion Energy’s previously communicated intention to establish a permanent capital structure for Cove Point, Dominion said in its statement.
Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG owns a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import, export and storage facility located These assets provide liquefaction, gasification, transportation, storage and peaking gas supply services to customers in the United States, India and Japan.
In 2018, the company completed a $4.1 billion expansion to enable natural gas exports.
The transaction represents an implied enterprise value of $8.22 billion, excluding working capital, and is supportive of the company’s existing operating earnings per share and earnings growth guidance.
Proceeds are expected to be used for general corporate purposes including significantly reducing the annual common equity financing described at the company’s investor day in March 2019.
Upon transaction close, expected by the end of 2019, Dominion Energy will retain full operational control of the facility and its services, and existing customers and employees will be unaffected by this recapitalization agreement, the statement reads.