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市場傳聞:私募股權所有者正考慮以40億美元估值出售WildFire Energy

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-- 路透社週五引述知情人士的話報導,WildFire Energy的支持者正在考慮出售該公司,售價可能超過40億美元。 華平投資(Warburg Pincus)和凱恩安德森(Kayne Anderson)已開始探討從這家美國頁岩油業者退出的可能性,消息人士稱,該公司估值超過40億美元,其中包括債務。 報道也引述四位知情人士的話稱,傑富瑞(Jefferies)將負責監督此次出售流程,預計銀行家將在未來幾週內正式開始向買家推廣該公司。 受中東局勢緊張的影響,原油價格已突破每桶100美元,推高了資產價值,並促使生產商尋求出售機會。 WildFire在鷹灘盆地運營,日產量約為5萬桶淨油當量,是南德州規模較大的私人石油公司之一。 消息人士稱,不確定的市場狀況仍可能影響談判,並補充說,目前尚無法確定能否達成協議,估值可能偏離目前的40億美元預期。 自2019年華寶集團和凱恩·安德森投資以來,該公司透過收購不斷擴張,其中包括從APA公司和切薩皮克能源公司收購的資產。已聯繫Wildfire、華寶集團、凱恩安德森和傑富瑞集團,尋求置評。 (市場動態新聞來自與全球市場專業人士的對話。這些資訊被認為來自可靠來源,但可能包含傳聞和推測。準確性無法保證。)

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