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市場傳聞：BP新任CEO力推資產剝離計劃，BP或將出售英國北海資產

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-- 根據彭博社週五援引業內消息人士報道，英國石油公司（BP）正在評估其在英國北海的業務，並考慮出售其在該地區的部分或全部業務，以精簡其資產組合併削減債務。 該公司正在對其英國上游業務進行內部評估，預計全面剝離其在該地區剩餘的油氣資產將帶來約20億英鎊（27億美元）的收入。 報道稱，評估仍在進行中，尚未就是否進行資產剝離做出最終決定。 這家在倫敦上市的能源公司仍然是少數幾個仍在老舊盆地運作的大型石油公司之一。同時，其競爭對手正不斷退出或縮減在該地區的業務規模。 雪佛龍 (CVX) 和康菲石油 (COP) 近期出售了其北海資產，而殼牌 (SHEL)、埃克森美孚 (XOM) 和道達爾能源 (TTE) 也已著手重組或剝離部分資產，通常是透過合資協議的方式。 英國石油公司 (BP) 未回覆的置評請求。 過去十年，BP 已縮減其在英國北海的業務規模，包括將其在 Shearwater 油田的股份出售給殼牌，以及將 Forties 輸油管系統出售給英力士集團控股公司。 這家石油公司仍持有克萊爾油田 45% 的股份，該油田是英國大陸架上最大的油田。 出售更多資產的計劃可能成為執行長梅格·奧尼爾 (Meg O'Neill) 上任後的首批戰略舉措之一。歐尼爾於今年 4 月上任，是該公司首位外部任命的執行長。 奧尼爾和董事長阿爾伯特·曼尼福爾德承諾解決多年來業績不佳的問題。業績不佳導致激進投資者埃利奧特投資管理公司施加壓力，並最終導致前執行長默里·奧金克洛斯離職。 （市場動態新聞來自與全球市場專業人士的對話。這些資訊據信來自可靠來源，但可能包含傳聞和猜測。準確性無法保證。）

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