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殼牌將以164億美元收購加拿大ARC Resources公司

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-- 殼牌公司（SHEL）週一宣布，已同意收購加拿大能源公司ARC Resources，交易總價值約164億美元（含債務）。此舉將加深殼牌在加拿大蒙特尼頁岩盆地的業務佈局。 此次收購將使殼牌立即獲得約37萬桶油當量/日的產量，並使其到2030年的預期年產量成長率從先前預期的1%提高到約4%。 該交易還將新增約20億桶油當量/日的探明和概略儲量。 根據協議條款，殼牌將以現金和股票結合的方式向ARC股東支付對價，每股ARC股票將獲得8.20加元（6.02美元）現金和0.40247股殼牌股票。 該對價意味著每股價值約為32.80加元，較該公司30天成交量加權平均價格溢價20%。 該交易的股權部分價值約136億美元，殼牌將承擔28億美元的淨債務。 殼牌執行長瓦埃勒·薩萬表示，此次收購鞏固了殼牌在加拿大蒙特尼頁岩盆地的地位。他稱ARC是一家「高品質、低成本」的生產商，其低碳排放資產與公司現有的業務佈局相輔相成。 合併後的公司將控制蒙特尼地層的大量土地，ARC將貢獻超過150萬淨英畝的土地，加上殼牌現有的約44萬英畝土地。 這些資產預計將支持殼牌在加拿大不斷擴大的液化天然氣業務，包括向殼牌持有40%股份的加拿大液化天然氣工廠供貨。 殼牌公司表示，預計該交易將帶來兩位數的收益，並從2027年起提升每股自由現金流，同時在交易完成後一年內每年節省約2.5億美元。 這家能源公司表示，預計將在其現有的資本支出框架內為該交易的現金部分（約34億美元）提供資金，從而維持其2027年和2028年200億至220億美元的年度支出計劃。

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