石油设备网讯 据彭博社4月5日消息称，巴西国家石油公司同意以86亿美元的价格，将其在天然气管道部门90%的股份出售给法国苏伊士环能公司和加拿大养老基金Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec。
苏伊士环能公司和Caisse在几轮竞标后胜出，击败麦格理集团公司以及EIG全球能源合资公司和巴达拉发展公司的联合竞购。这是巴西国家石油公司有史以来规模最大的单笔资产出售。该公司新任首席执行官一直在寻求加快剥离速度，这家国有能源巨头一度成为全球负债最多的石油公司。
近年来，Engie一直在出售石油和煤炭资产，为风能和太阳能、能效服务以及天然气和电力网络的投资提供资金。该公司押注这些资产将提供更快的增长前景和更可预测的回报。该该公司运营着法国天然气网络的最大部分。该公司表示，它可以利用自己的专业知识开发TAG，这将得益于巴西不断增长的燃料需求。
Adora天然气运输合资公司因TAG闻名，该公司运营着一条长达2800英里（4,500公里）的管道网络，该网络横跨巴西北部的10个州。该公司周五在一份声明中表示，此次出售价格包括8亿美元，用于向巴西国家开发银行支付TAG的债务。这笔交易需要获得监管部门的批准。
第一轮竞标后，苏伊士环能公司以包括债务在内的约80亿美元的最高出价领先。巴西国家石油公司随后在公布了苏伊士环能公司的条款后进行了最后一轮投标，让各方都有机会提出更高的价格。
自巴西总统Jair Bolsonaro当选以来，在新管理层的领导下，巴西国家石油公司正寻求剥离约270亿美元的资产，以帮助其削减债务，并将更多资源集中在其核心的海上原油生产上。巴西国家石油公司的股价在圣保罗上涨1.1％至28.78雷亚尔。
首席执行官罗伯托·卡斯泰罗·布兰科在3月份的一次采访中表示：“我们需要提高股东的回报，而且要快。”
曹海斌 摘译自 彭博社
原文如下：
Engie, Caisse to Buy Petrobras Gas Pipe Unit for $8.6 Billion
Petroleo Brasileiro SA agreed to sell its 90 percent stake in a natural gas pipeline unit to France’s Engie SA and Canadian pension fund Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec for $8.6 billion.
Engie and the Caisse prevailed after multiple rounds of bidding for the unit, known as TAG, beating out Macquarie Group Ltd. and a joint bid from EIG Global Energy Partners and Mubadala Development Co. It is the biggest-ever single asset sale for Petrobras, whose new chief executive officer has sought to speed divestitures that began years ago, when the state-run energy giant briefly became the world’s most indebted oil company.
Engie has been selling oil and coal assets in recent years to fund investment in wind and solar power, energy efficiency services, and gas and power networks, betting that they offer faster growth prospects and more predictable returns. The company, which operates the biggest part of France’s gas network, has said that it could use its expertise to develop TAG, which should benefit from growing demand for the fuel in Brazil.
Transportadora Associada de Gas, as TAG is also known, operates a 2,800-mile (4,500-kilometer) pipeline network that spans 10 states in northern Brazil. The sale price includes $800 million to pay TAG’s debt to Brazil National Development Bank, or BNDES, the company said in a statement Friday. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals.
Engie led the bidding after the first round, with the highest offer of about $8 billion including debt. Petrobras later held a final round of bidding after releasing Engie’s terms, giving all parties the chance to offer a higher price.
Under new management since the election of President Jair Bolsonaro, Petrobras is looking to offload about $27 billion of assets to help it slash debt and focus more resources on its core offshore crude production. Petrobras shares rose 1.1 percent to 28.78 reais in Sao Paulo.
"We need to raise returns for shareholders, and fast," Chief Executive Officer Roberto Castello Branco said in an interview in March.
