中国石化新闻网讯 据能源网2月8日伦敦报道，英国石油公司（bp）可能会寻求收购以扩大其石油和天然气投资组合，因为该公司在价格飙升和供应有限的情况下缩减了本十年大幅削减化石燃料产量的承诺。
该公司首席执行官在一次演讲中表示，“你可能会看到我们在做一些明智的并购、商业交易、合作，以及在这个领域有意义的事情”。
这番言论与bp最接近的同行壳牌公司(Shell Plc)形成了鲜明对比。壳牌上周排除了利用其不断增长的现金储备进行大型交易的可能性。
英国石油公司周二公布了2022年创纪录的利润，该公司誓言要增加在传统油气业务以及低碳替代品上的支出。
英国石油公司的战略包括投资以尽快提高石油和天然气产量。这可能意味着增加墨西哥湾、北海和美国二叠纪页岩地层的钻井能力。但收购也可能有助于实现这一目标。
郝芬 译自 能源网
原文如下：
BP Mulls Deals to Expand Oil and Gas Production Amid Profit Boom
BP Plc may pursue acquisitions to expand its oil and gas portfolio as the company scales back promises to sharply cut fossil fuel output this decade amid soaring prices and limited supplies.
“You may see us doing some smart M&A, commercial deals, partnerships, things that make sense in that space,” Chief Executive Officer Bernard Looney said in a presentation.
The comments stand in contrast to BP’s closest peer, Shell Plc, which last week ruled out using its growing cash pile to do big deals.
As BP posted a record 2022 profit>BP’s strategy involves investing to increase oil and gas production as quickly as possible. That may mean adding drilling capacity in the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea and the Permian shale formation in the US. But acquisitions could also help deliver that agenda.