据世界石油11月30日消息称，知情人士说，阿布扎比国家石油公司可能会收购当地一家海上石油服务公司，这家国有石油生产商是其主要客户之一。
知情人士说，扎赫尔海洋国际公司正在与美国银行合作，考虑包括出售在内的战略选择。他们说，这一过程仍处于早期阶段，公司可能仍会决定不出售。其他买家也可能出现。
私人所有的扎赫尔公司成立于1984年，为海上能源行业提供服务，目前运营着一支超过35艘支援船的船队。
原油价格下跌和冠状病毒疫情迫使石油生产商大幅削减预算、削减钻井和新项目，令石油服务公司承受很大的压力。欧佩克及其盟友的减产进一步增加了压力。
ADNOC几乎所有的石油都产自阿拉伯联合酋长国。阿联酋是欧佩克第三大产油国。它的海上部门今年已经通过购买三艘大型船只扩大了船队规模。
阿布扎比正在寻求通过合并国家石油建设公司和当地竞争对手国家海洋疏浚公司打造一家在石油服务行业领先的一流企业。
阿联酋能源政策的最高机构阿布扎比最高石油委员会本月也批准了一项4480亿迪拉姆(1220亿美元)的预算，用于未来五年的石油和天然气支出。
曹海斌 摘译自 世界石油
原文如下：
ADNOC considering purchase of key UAE offshore oilfield services firm
Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. is a potential contender to buy a local offshore oil-services firm that counts the state-owned crude producer among its major clients, according to people familiar with the matter.
Zakher Marine International is working with Bank of America Corp. as it weighs its strategic options, including a sale, said the people, declining to be named because the information isn’t public yet. The process is still at an early stage and the company may still decide against selling, they said. Other buyers may also emerge.
Established in 1984, privately owned Zakher provides services to the offshore energy industry and currently operates a fleet of more than 35 support vessels, according to its website.
Oil-services companies have been under strain from the drop in crude prices and the coronavirus pandemic that have forced producers to slash budgets and cut back ADNOC pumps almost all the oil in the United Arab Emirates, the third-largest producer in OPEC. Its maritime arm already expanded its fleet this year through the purchase of three large vessels.
Abu Dhabi is seeking to create a national champion in oil services by merging National Petroleum Construction Co. and local rival National Marine Dredging Company PJSC.
The UAE’s top body for energy policy, Abu Dhabi’s Supreme Petroleum Council, this month also approved a 448 billion-dirham ($122 billion) budget for spending on oil and natural gas over the next five years.