桑托斯宣布出售非核心亚洲资产

中国石化新闻网讯 据彭博社网站5月3日伦敦报道， 桑托斯今天宣布以2.21亿美元向奥菲尔能源公司（Ophir Energy plc）出售其非核心亚洲投资组合。

此次出售符合桑托斯从其后期非核心资产中实现价值的战略，并将使得桑托斯从越南，印度尼西亚，马来西亚和孟加拉国退出。

出售给奥菲尔公司的资产包括以下权益：

越南12W区块产量分成合同（Chim Sáo和Dua油田）的31.875％;

印度尼西亚Madura Offshore产量分成合同（Maleo和Peluang气田）的67.5％;

印度尼西亚三邦县（ Sampang ）产量分成合同（Oyong和Wortel气田）的45％;

马来西亚深水区块R产量分成合同（Bestari石油发现）的20％;

孟加拉国的SS-11产量分成合同的45％;

越南区块123产量分成合同的50％和区块124产量分成合同的40％。

2018年第一季度桑托斯的资产产量份额为140万桶标油。

根据出售条款，交易将于2018年1月1日生效。

根据伦敦证券交易所的规定，完成还需要奥菲尔股东批准，预计将于2018年6月进行。

出售所得款项将用于进一步减少桑托斯的负债净额，该债务在2018年3月底为25亿美元。

蔡小全 编译自 彭博社

原文如下：

Santos announces sale of non-core Asian assets

Santos today announced the sale of its non-core Asian portfolio to Ophir Energy plc (Ophir) for $221 million.

The sale is consistent with Santos’ strategy to realize value from its late-life non-core assets and will result in Santos making country exits from Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Bangladesh.

The assets sold to Ophir include the following interests:

31.875% in the Block 12W PSC (Chim Sáo and Dua oil fields), Vietnam;

67.5% in the Madura Offshore PSC (Maleo and Peluang gas fields), Indonesia;

45% in the Sampang PSC (Oyong and Wortel gas fields), Indonesia;

20% in the Deepwater Block R PSC (Bestari oil discovery), Malaysia;

45% in the SS-11 PSC, Bangladesh;

50% in Block 123 PSC and 40% in Block 124 PSC, Vietnam.

Santos’ share of production from the assets in the first quarter of 2018 was 1.4 MMboe.

Under the terms of the sale, the transaction will have an effective date of Jan. 1, 2018.

Completion is also subject to approval by Ophir shareholders as required under London Stock Exchange regulations, expected to take place in June 2018.

Proceeds from the sale will be applied to further reduce Santos’ net debt, which stood at $2.5 billion at the end of March 2018.