据世界石油6月25日伦敦报道，荷兰皇家壳牌公司表示，计划购买BP公司在北海油田的股份，取代BP公司上个月达成的协议。

　　壳牌公司发言人周五表示：“壳牌英国有限公司已同意购买BP公司在Shearwater天然气中心的权益。”但尚未披露具体条款。“此举反映了壳牌的战略，即将上游业务集中在更少的现有头寸上，为股东创造实质性回报，并为我们新的低碳投资组合的增长提供资金。”

　　壳牌已经是该油田的运营商，对BP的任何出售拥有优先购买权其收购股权的决定终止了 BP 将其控股权剥离给 Tailwind 能源的交易，Tailwind能源是一家由贸易公司 Mercuria 能源集团支持的勘探公司。

　　BP和Tailwind能源没有立即回应置评请求。

　　壳牌即将收购BP公司在Shearwater的27.5%的开采权益，将其股份扩大到55.5%，并持有SEAL和SILK管道的股份。该交易还有待监管部门的批准。

　　该交易计划出台之际，北海地区的并购活动正出现起色，因各公司希望充分利用原油价格从疫情引发的暴跌中复苏的机会。BP此次出售资产是其250亿美元资产出售计划的一部分，该计划旨在减轻其债务负担，并为低碳能源投资提供资金。

　　BP公司最初打算将这一资产作为6.25亿美元一揽子计划的一部分出售给Premier 石油，但在Chrysaor 控股反向收购Premier 石油后，该计划于去年被取消。

　　Shearwater是北海重要的石油中心之一，其日产量约为1.8万桶油当量，在2004年达到峰值，日产量超过16万桶。

　　裘寅 编译自 世界石油

　　原文如下：

　　Shell to buy BP’s share of Shearwater North Sea gas hub

　　Royal Dutch Shell said it plans to buy BP’s stake in a North Sea field they share, superseding a deal agreed by the British oil major last month.

　　“Shell U.K. Ltd. has agreed to purchase BP’s interest in the Shearwater gas hub,” a spokesperson for the Anglo-Dutch company said Friday, without disclosing terms. “The move reflects Shell’s strategy of focusing our upstream activities on fewer, existing positions to generate material returns for shareholders and to fund the growth of our new low-carbon portfolio.”

　　Shell, already the operator of the field, has right of first refusal to any sale by BP. As such, its decision to acquire the stake puts an end to BP’s deal to divest the holding to Tailwind Energy Ltd., an explorer backed by trading house Mercuria Energy Group Ltd.

　　BP and Tailwind didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.

　　Shell is acquiring BP’s 27.5% working interest in Shearwater, expanding its stake to 55.5%, and a share of the SEAL and SILK pipelines, according to the company. The deal is subject to regulatory approval.

　　The planned transaction comes amid a pickup in North Sea mergers and acquisitions as companies look to make the most of crude’s recovery from its pandemic-induced slump. BP’s disposal is part of a $25 billion asset-sale program to help ease its debt burden and fund investments in low-carbon energy.

　　BP had initially intended to sell the asset to Premier Oil Plc as part of a $625 million package, but the plan was scrapped last year following a reverse takeover of Premier by Chrysaor Holdings Ltd.

　　Part of an important hub in the North Sea, Shearwater pumps about 18,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day, having peaked in 2004 at more than 160,000 barrels a day.

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