-- 全球油氣生產商殼牌公司(SHEL)週一同意以220億加元(含債務)收購ARC Resources (ARX.TO)。此舉旨在擴大殼牌在加拿大不列顛哥倫比亞省東北部蒙特尼頁岩氣田的市場份額。 殼牌提出的收購價為每股ARC股票32.80加元,較其上週五在多倫多證券交易所的收盤價溢價27%。收購款項將以75%的殼牌股票和25%的現金支付。 根據協議,殼牌將獲得ARC在蒙特尼氣田截至去年年底的374,336桶油當量/日(boe/d)天然氣和天然氣凝析液產量,預計今年產量將增長至405,000至420,000桶油當量/日。此外,殼牌也將為位於不列顛哥倫比亞省北部太平洋沿岸的加拿大液化天然氣(LNG Canada)工廠增加供應,該工廠由殼牌持有40%的股份。 殼牌執行長瓦埃勒·薩萬在一份聲明中表示:「ARC是一家高品質、低成本且碳排放強度位居前25%的生產商,在蒙特尼頁岩盆地運營,與我們在加拿大的現有業務形成互補,並增強了我們未來幾十年的資源基礎。我們正在利用其獨特的資產優勢,並歡迎擁有深厚專業知識的同事加入,結合基地的財富。 ARC在蒙特尼地區擁有150萬英畝土地,這將使殼牌在該地區的土地持有量增加到44萬英畝。此外,ARC也將新增約20億桶油當量/日的儲量。 此次收購將使加拿大重新成為這家全球石油生產商的重要中心。此前,該公司在2017年將大部分油砂業務出售給加拿大自然資源公司(CNQ.TO)後,一直在逐步撤出加拿大市場。該公司原計劃於2025年將其剩餘的油砂權益出售給這家加拿大生產商,從而徹底退出油砂領域。目前,該公司仍在阿爾伯塔省埃德蒙頓附近運營一座油砂升級裝置、煉油廠和碳捕集設施,並在安大略省薩尼亞擁有一座煉油廠,同時在加拿大擁有1400家零售加油站。 ARC公司表示,殼牌公司於今年3月與該公司接洽,其董事會成立了一個特別委員會來評估該收購要約,並最終認定該要約公平合理,符合股東的最佳利益。 「ARC董事會一致建議股東進行這項策略交易,」董事會主席哈爾·奎斯勒在聲明中表示。 「這項協議為我們的股東帶來了巨大的價值,並將兩家在安全、卓越運營以及關懷社區和員工方面擁有共同承諾的公司聯合起來,從而增強了我們在未來多年持續創造價值的能力。” 預計此交易將於今年下半年完成。 ARC股票週五在多倫多證券交易所收盤下跌0.35加元,至25.77加元。
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