???? 據(jù)能源新聞2月11日消息稱，在EnCap投資公司的支持下，Equinor同意將其在美國北達(dá)科他州和蒙大拿州巴肯油田的權(quán)益轉(zhuǎn)讓給格雷森米爾能源公司，總金額約為9億美元。

????此次交易涵蓋了Equinor在巴肯地區(qū)的所有運(yùn)營和非運(yùn)營區(qū)域，共計(jì)24.2萬凈英畝，以及相關(guān)的中游資產(chǎn)。2020年第四季度這些資產(chǎn)的權(quán)益產(chǎn)量為 48000桶油當(dāng)量/天(扣除特許權(quán)使用費(fèi))。與此同時(shí)，Equinor市場(chǎng)營銷公司將與格雷森米爾能源公司簽訂一份原油長(zhǎng)期購買協(xié)議。

????Equinor總裁兼首席執(zhí)行官Anders Opedal說：“Equinor正在優(yōu)化其石油和天然氣資產(chǎn)組合，以增強(qiáng)盈利能力，使其在未來更加強(qiáng)勁。通過剝離我們的巴肯的資產(chǎn)，我們正在實(shí)現(xiàn)收益，這些收益可以用于我們投資組合中更具競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力的資產(chǎn)，使我們能夠?yàn)楣蓶|創(chuàng)造更多的價(jià)值。在過去的幾年中，我們顯著提高了巴肯資產(chǎn)的安全性、成本效率和二氧化碳濃度，我相信格雷森米爾能源公司將繼續(xù)沿著這條道路走下去。”

????Equinor負(fù)責(zé)國際開發(fā)與生產(chǎn)的執(zhí)行副總裁Al Cook說：“我們正在采取行動(dòng)提高Equinor國際石油和天然氣業(yè)務(wù)的盈利能力。今天宣布退出我們的巴肯資產(chǎn)是這一進(jìn)程中的重要一步。我們與格雷森米爾能源公司密切合作，以最佳方式保住工作崗位，確保專業(yè)知識(shí)的轉(zhuǎn)讓。

????作為協(xié)議交易的一部分，所有Equinor油田員工和大量在巴肯資產(chǎn)上工作的支持團(tuán)隊(duì)將有機(jī)會(huì)轉(zhuǎn)移到格雷森米爾能源公司。

????交易的生效日期是2021年1月1日。成交須符合慣例條件，包括當(dāng)局批準(zhǔn)。

????朱佳妮 摘譯自 能源新聞

????原文如下：

????Equinor sells Bakken assets

????Equinor has agreed to divest its interests in the Bakken field in the US states of North Dakota and Montana to Grayson Mill Energy, backed by EnCap Investments, for a total consideration of around US$900 million.

????The transaction covers all of Equinor’s operated and non-operated acreage, totalling 242 000 net acres, and associated midstream assets in the Bakken. Entitlement production from these assets in 4Q20 was 48 000 boe/d (net of royalty interests). In parallel with this transaction, Equinor Marketing and Trading will enter into a term purchase agreement for crude offtake with Grayson Mill Energy.

????“Equinor is optimising its oil and gas portfolio to strengthen profitability and make it more robust for the future. By divesting our Bakken position we are realising proceeds that can be deployed towards more competitive assets in our portfolio, enabling us to deliver increased value creation for our shareholders. Over the past few years, we have improved the safety, cost efficiency and CO2 intensity of the Bakken assets significantly and I am confident Grayson Mill Energy will continue on this path,” said Anders Opedal, president and chief executive officer of Equinor.

????“We are taking action to improve the profitability of Equinor’s international oil and gas business. Today’s announcement on the exit of our Bakken assets is an important step in this process. We have worked closely with Grayson Mill Energy to preserve jobs and to ensure the transfer of expertise in the best possible way,” says Al Cook, executive vice president of Development & Production International at Equinor.

????As part of the agreed transaction, all Equinor field employees and a significant number of the support teams working on the Bakken assets will have the opportunity to transfer to Grayson Mill Energy.

????The effective date of the transaction is 1 January 2021. Closing is subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions, including authority approvals.