据休斯顿《World Oil》4月11日消息，荷兰皇家壳牌公司的子公司壳牌离岸公司（Shell Offshore Inc.）签署协议，将其在美国墨西哥湾Gom Caesar Tonga资产中22.45%的非经营性权益出售给德莱克集团有限公司（Delek Group Ltd.）的子公司德莱克CT投资有限责任公司（Delek CT Investment LLC）。该交易的总对价为9.65亿美元现金。
销售和购买协议受某些条件约束，包括监管部门的批准。交易可能在2019年第三季度末结束，生效日期为2019年1月1日。
荷兰皇家壳牌公司（Royal Dutch Shell）上游总监安迪?布朗（Andy Brown）表示：“这项交易代表着我们对深水业务战略定位的持续关注，并与我们追求在20世纪20年代及以后实现价值的竞争性项目的上游战略保持一致。”“此次出售将有助于壳牌正在进行的撤资计划，并使我们能够将资源引导到我们认为长期价值最大的领域。”
到2020年，壳牌的全球深水产量预计将超过90万桶/日，而这些产量来自已发现和已建立的储层。投资组合包括美国墨西哥湾、巴西、尼日利亚和马来西亚中心地带的增长机会，以及墨西哥、毛里塔尼亚和西黑海等新兴近海盆地的增长机会。
胡晶晶摘译自world oil
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Shell to sell interest in U.S. GOM Caesar-Tonga asset for $965 million
HOUSTON -- Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, signed an agreement to sell its 22.45% non-operated interest in the Caesar-Tonga asset in the US Gulf of Mexico to Delek CT Investment LLC, a subsidiary of Delek Group Ltd. The total consideration for this deal is $965 million in cash.
The sales and purchase agreement is subject to certain conditions, including regulatory approvals. The transaction is likely to close by the end of third-quarter 2019, with an effective date of Jan. 1, 2019.
“This transaction represents our continued focus on strategically positioning our deep-water business for growth and is consistent with our upstream strategy of pursuing competitive projects that deliver value in the 2020s and beyond.” said Andy Brown, upstream director, Royal Dutch Shell. “The sale will contribute to Shell’s ongoing divestment program and allow us to direct resources to the areas where we see the most value in the longer term.”
Shell’s global deepwater production is expected to exceed 900,000 boed by 2020 from already discovered and established reservoirs. The portfolio includes growth opportunities in our US Gulf of Mexico, Brazil, Nigeria and Malaysia heartlands, as well as in emerging offshore basins such as Mexico, Mauritania and the Western Black Sea.
