石油设备网讯 据Offshore网站4月23日阿肯色州埃尔多拉多报道，美国墨菲石油公司旗下的子公司墨菲勘探与生产公司日前与LLOG勘探海上公司和LLOG 深海控股公司达成了一项最终协议，根据协议，前者将收购后者在墨西哥湾的深水资产。
墨菲公司此次收购的深水资产包括26个区块，包括密西西比峡谷和格林峡谷地区的7个生产油田和4个开发项目。此次收购深水资产将使墨菲公司在墨西哥湾产量增加3.2万至3.5万桶油当量(大约增加60%)。
墨菲公司将为此次深水资产收购支付13.75亿美元的现金。
这笔收购款将由墨菲公司现有现金和16亿美元循环信贷安排下的可用资金共同出资。根据循环信贷安排，包括目前余额3.25亿美元在内的未偿还借款总额预计将在墨菲马来西亚资产剥离21.27亿美元后立即全部偿还。
李峻 编译自 Offshore
原文如下：
Murphy to acquire LLOG’s deepwater Gulf of Mexico assets
Murphy Oil Corp. subsidiary Murphy Exploration & Production Co. – USA has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire deepwater Gulf of Mexico assets from LLOG Exploration Offshore, L.L.C. and LLOG Bluewater Holdings, L.L.C.
The acquisition includes 26 blocks containing seven producing fields and four development projects in the Mississippi Canyon and Green Canyon areas. It adds about 32,000-35,000 net boe/d on an annualized basis for full year 2019 to Murphy’s Gulf of Mexico production (about 60% oil).
Murphy will pay a cash consideration of $1.375 billion for this aquisition.
The acquisition will be funded by a combination of cash on hand and availability under the company’s $1.6 billion revolving credit facility. Total outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit facility, including the current balance of $325 million, are expected to be fully repaid immediately following the closing of the $2.127-billion divestiture of Murphy’s Malaysian assets.
