据石油世界期刊10月2日波哥大报道,美国独立的西方石油公司(Occidental Petroleum)同意将其在哥伦比亚的陆上石油资产以8.25亿美元的价格出售给凯雷(Carlyle)集团。
凯雷将预先向西方石油支付7亿美元,剩余部分将在特定的生产和价格目标实现后支付。
这些资产包括Llanos Norte、Middle Magdalena和Putumayo盆地的14个勘探和生产区块,日净产油量为3.3万桶。这包括位于哥伦比亚东部Cano Limon油田。
凯雷一宣布收购计划就任命英国石油前首席执行官托尼·海沃德(Tony Hayward)担任其哥伦比亚陆上业务的执行董事长。上世纪90年代,海沃德负责BP在哥伦比亚的勘探工作。
凯雷表示,其将利用其在当地市场的知识和丰富的能源专业知识,推行延长油田寿命和提高运营效率的战略,并借鉴哥伦比亚陆上地区领先的ESG(环境、社会和治理)举措。该公司还有潜力成为在该地区进一步增长的平台。
西方石油公司将保留其位于哥伦比亚加勒比海近海的油气勘探资产,该公司首席执行官Vicki Hollub表示,这些资产具有“巨大的潜力”,可能决定哥伦比亚的能源未来。
西方石油公司在哥伦比亚已经有40多年的历史,主要是与哥伦比亚国家控股的Ecopetrol公司合作。
去年,西方石油公司和Ecopetrol在德克萨斯州二叠纪盆地成立了一家页岩合资企业,此举被视为哥伦比亚开发本国非常规资源的途径。
郝芬 译自 石油世界期刊
原文如下:
Occidental Petroleum sell oil assets in Colombia to Carlyle Group
US independent Occidental Petroleum agreed to sell its Colombia Carlyle will pay Occidental $700mn upfront and the balance The assets include 14 exploration and production blocks in the Llanos Norte, Middle Magdalena and Putumayo basins, with 33,000 b/d of net oil production. This includes the Ca?o Limón field near Colombia's volatile eastern.
Upon announcing the planned acquisition, Carlyle named former BP chief executive Tony Hayward as executive chairman of its Colombia "Drawing Occidental will retain its exploration assets in Colombia's gas-prone offshore Caribbean frontier, which Occidental chief executive Vicki Hollub said have "enormous potential" and could determine Colombia's energy future.
Occidental has had a presence in Colombia for more than four decades, mainly in partnership with Colombian state-controlled Ecopetrol.
Occidental and Ecopetrol formed a shale joint venture last year in the Permian basin of Texas, a move seen as a path toward Colombia's development of its own unconventional resources .