石油设备网讯 据路透社4月24日伦敦报道，三位业内消息人士对路透社表示，荷兰皇家壳牌正就以约2.5亿美元收购英国石油(BP)在英国北海Shearwater油气田的股权进行谈判。
该油田的运营商壳牌去年宣布，计划在Shearwater附近扩建一个天然气枢纽，包括新建一条管道。
壳牌持有Shearwater 28%的股份，BP持有27.5%，埃克森美孚持有44.5%。
对BP而言，此次出售将标志着该公司朝着其向出售50-60亿美元资产的目标迈进了一步。去年，该公司斥资105亿美元收购了必和必拓在美国的页岩油气业务。
两名消息人士称，壳牌和BP近几周进行了谈判，接近达成协议，但该交易仍有可能流产。这两家公司均拒绝置评。
近年来，壳牌和BP都在老化的北海盆地出售了大量资产。
但与此同时，它们正大举投资于该地区的新项目，尤其是设得兰群岛地区西部的新项目，因为技术和成本削减开启了一度被认为过于昂贵的新机遇。
Shearwater位于阿伯丁以东225公里(140英里)，1988年被发现，2000年首次开发。
壳牌称，在天然气产量达到峰值时，Shearwater的天然气出口能力预计将达到每天4亿标准立方英尺(约合1.83亿立方米)左右，相当于每天约7万桶石油当量。
孔丽炜摘译自路透社
原文如下：
Shell in talks to buy BP stake in North Sea gas field - sources
Royal Dutch Shell is in talks to buy BP's stake in the Shearwater oil and gas field in the British North Sea for around $250 million, three industry sources told Reuters.
Shell, the field's operator, announced plans last year to expand a gas hub around Shearwater, including the construction of a new pipeline.
Shell has a 28 percent stake in Shearwater, BP holds 27.5 percent and Exxon Mobil has the remaining 44.5 percent.
For BP, a sale would mark a step towards its target of selling $5 to $6 billion of assets following its $10.5 billion purchase of BHP's shale oil and gas portfolio in the United States last year.
Shell and BP, which both declined to comment, have held talks in recent weeks and are close to an agreement although the deal could still fall through, two of the sources said.
Both Shell and BP have sold a large number of assets in the ageing North Sea basin in recent years.
But at the same time they are investing heavily in new projects in the region, particularly in the West of Shetlands area, as technology and cost cuts open new opportunities that were once considered too expensive.
Shearwater, located 225 kilometres (140 miles) east of Aberdeen, was discovered in 1988 and first developed in 2000.
At peak production, the gas export capacity of the Shearwater hub is expected to be around 400 million standard cubic feet of gas a day, or roughly 70,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, according to Shell.
