中国石化新闻网讯 据离岸工程网11月29日报道，壳牌全资子公司壳牌石油已经达成协议，以近20亿美元的价格收购总部位于丹麦的可再生天然气生产商自然能源生物天然气公司100%的股权。
壳牌表示，通过收购自然能源的股份，它将收购欧洲最大的RNG生产商。此次收购将包括其可产生现金的运营工厂的投资组合、相关的原料供应和基础设施、成长型项目的管道以及其在创新和差异化RNG工厂技术的设计、建设和运营方面的内部专业知识。
这也将进一步增强壳牌与多个行业的现有客户合作的能力，加速向净零排放过渡。
此外，此次收购将支持壳牌实现其低碳燃料生产盈利增长的雄心。
该交易还有待监管部门的批准，预计将于2023年第一季度完成。
收购Nature Energy将为壳牌在美国的现有RNG项目增加一个欧洲生产平台和增长管道。在能源转型政策和客户偏好表明未来几年需求强劲增长的情况下，我们将利用这次收购在全球范围内构建一个综合的RNG价值链，壳牌下游总监Huibert Vigeveno表示。
自然能源公司拥有并运营着14座工业规模的RNG(又称生物甲烷)工厂和一条遍布欧洲和北美的约30座工厂的国际开发管道。
该公司目前由一个由机构投资者组成的财团所有，包括Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP、Pioneer Point Partners和Sampension。
寿琳玲 编译自 离岸工程
原文如下：
Shell spending $2 billion to buy the largest biomethane producer in Europe
Shell Petroleum, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shell, has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% shareholding of Nature Energy Biogas, a Denmark-based producer of renewable natural gas (RNG), for nearly $2 billion.
By purchasing the shares in Nature Energy, Shell said it will acquire the largest RNG producer in Europe. The acquisition will include its portfolio of cash-generative operating plants, associated feedstock supply and infrastructure, its pipeline of growth projects and its in-house expertise in the design, construction, and operation of innovative and differentiated RNG plant technology.
It will also further increase Shell’s ability to work with its established customer base across multiple sectors to accelerate its transition to net-zero emissions.
Furthermore, the acquisition will support Shell’s ambition to profitably grow its low-carbon fuel production.
The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close in Q1 2023.
“Acquiring Nature Energy will add a European production platform and growth pipeline to Shell’s existing RNG projects in the United States. We will use this acquisition to build an integrated RNG value chain at a global scale, at a time when energy transition policies and customer preferences are signalling strong growth in demand in the years ahead”, said Huibert Vigeveno, Shell’s Downstream Director.
Nature Energy owns and operates 14 industrial-scale RNG, also known as biomethane, plants and an international development pipeline of about 30 plants across Europe and North America.
It is currently owned by a consortium of institutional investors, including Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP, Pioneer Point Partners and Sampension.