今年下半年北美油气上游并购活动或将回升

中国石化新闻网讯 据普氏能源资讯休斯敦4月16日消息，行业观察人士称，2018年下半年北美油气勘探和生产企业的并购活动可能会有所回升，其中多数交易将涉及到在岸盆地的资产打包买卖交易，这些交易在近几个月没有出现太多的活动

能源数据库和咨询公司1Derrick首席运营官Mangesh Hirve在接受采访时表示：“我们肯定会看到增长。”

Hirve称，今年大部分上游并购活动将发生在二叠纪盆地之外。该盆地是近年来并购交易活动的热点地区。他表示：“在二叠纪盆地，大部分的土地抢夺已经完成。”

张春晓 摘译自 PLATTS

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Upstream North American M&A activity likely to pick up in second half of year: analysts

Merger and acquisition activity among North American exploration-and-production companies will likely pick up in the second half of 2018, with most of the deals involving the buying and selling of asset packages in onshore basins that have not seen that much activity in recent months, according to industry observers.

"We definitely will be seeing an increase," Mangesh Hirve, chief operating officer of 1Derrick, an energy database and consulting firm, said in an interview.

Much of the upstream M&A this year will take place outside of the Permian Basin, which has been the hotbed of deal-making in recent years, Hirve said. "In the Permian Basin, most of the land grab is already done," he said.