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壳牌将以164亿美元收购加拿大ARC Resources公司

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-- 壳牌公司（SHEL）周一宣布，已同意收购加拿大能源公司ARC Resources，交易总价值约为164亿美元（含债务）。此举将加深壳牌在加拿大蒙特尼页岩盆地的业务布局。 此次收购将使壳牌立即获得约37万桶油当量/日的产量，并使其到2030年的预期年产量增长率从此前预计的1%提高到约4%。 该交易还将新增约20亿桶油当量/日的探明和概略储量。 根据协议条款，壳牌将以现金和股票相结合的方式向ARC股东支付对价，每股ARC股票将获得8.20加元（6.02美元）现金和0.40247股壳牌股票。 该对价意味着每股价值约为32.80加元，较该公司30天成交量加权平均价格溢价20%。 该交易的股权部分价值约136亿美元，壳牌将承担28亿美元的净债务。 壳牌首席执行官瓦埃勒·萨万表示，此次收购巩固了壳牌在加拿大蒙特尼页岩盆地的地位。他称ARC是一家“高质量、低成本”的生产商，其低碳排放资产与公司现有的业务布局相辅相成。 合并后的公司将控制蒙特尼地层的大量土地，ARC将贡献超过150万净英亩的土地，加上壳牌现有的约44万英亩土地。 这些资产预计将支持壳牌在加拿大不断扩大的液化天然气业务，包括向壳牌持有40%股份的加拿大液化天然气工厂供货。 壳牌公司表示，预计该交易将带来两位数的收益，并从2027年起提升每股自由现金流，同时在交易完成后一年内每年节省约2.5亿美元。 这家能源公司表示，预计将在其现有的资本支出框架内为该交易的现金部分（约34亿美元）提供资金，从而维持其2027年和2028年200亿至220亿美元的年度支出计划。

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