ADNOC与KKR、BlackRock签署40亿美元管道基础设施协议

ADNOC与KKR、BlackRock签署40亿美元管道基础设施协议

中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社2月24日开罗报道,阿布扎比国家石油公司(ADNOC)周日表示，该公司已与美国投资公司KKRand 、BlackRock签署了一项40亿美元的中游管道基础设施协议。

自2017年以来，ADNOC一直通过战略伙伴关系进行扩张。上个月，该公司从意大利埃尼集团(Eni)和奥地利OMV公司(OMV)获得58亿美元的投资，获得其炼油业务的部分股权，以建立由这三家合作伙伴拥有的新的交易业务。

ADNOC在一份声明中称，一家名为ADNOC输油管道的新实体将租赁该公司在18条管道上的权益，在ADNOC上游特许区运输原油和凝析油23年。

这18条管道总长度超过750公里，日产能1300万桶。

KKR和BlackRock管理的基金将组成一个财团，持有该公司40%的股份，ADNOC持有其余股份。ADNOC将拥有对管道的主权和对管道运营的管理。

该交易预计将于2019年第三季度完成，将为ADNOC带来约40亿美元的预付款。

声明援引ADNOC集团首席执行官 Sultan al-Jaber的话称，这笔交易验证了ADNOC的做法，即“在保留对资产组合的所有权和运营控制权的同时，从其资产组合中释放价值”。

声明称，BlackRock通过其全球能源与电力基础设施基金系列进行投资，KKR则通过其第三只全球基础设施投资者基金进行投资。

BlackRock首席执行官Laurence Fink表示：“我们相信，ADNOC、BlackRock和KKR今日达成协议后，将有更多此类合作伙伴投资于该地区未来的成长。”

KKR联席首席执行长Henry Kravis说，这是KKR在该地区的首笔直接投资，并表示还有很大的潜力。

自2016年al-Jaber被任命以来，ADNOC发生了重大变化，开始私有化、石油交易，并扩大了与战略投资者的合作关系。

ADNOC每天生产约300万桶石油和105亿立方英尺的天然气。

孔丽炜 摘译自路透社

原文如下：

UAE's ADNOC seals $4bln pipeline infrastructure deal with KKR, BlackRock

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has sealed a $4 billion midstream pipeline infrastructure deal with U.S. investment firms KKRand BlackRock, the government-owned company said on Sunday.

ADNOC has been expanding through strategic partnerships since 2017. Last month it won a combined $5.8 billion investment from Italy's Eni and Austria's OMV for a stake in its refining business to establish a new trading operation owned by the three partners.

A new entity called ADNOC Oil Pipelines will lease the oil company's interest in 18 pipelines, transporting crude oil and condensates across ADNOC's upstream concessions for a 23-year period, ADNOC said in a statement.

The 18 pipelines have a total length of over 750 km and capacity of 13 million barrels per day.

Funds managed by KKR and BlackRock will form a consortium to hold a 40 percent stake in the entity, with ADNOC owning the rest. ADNOC will have sovereignty over the pipelines and management of pipeline operations.

The deal, expected to close in the third quarter of 2019, will result in upfront proceeds of some $4 billion to ADNOC.

The statement cited Sultan al-Jaber, ADNOC group CEO, as saying the deal validated ADNOC's approach of "unlocking value from its portfolio of assets while retaining control over their ownership and operation".

BlackRock is investing through its Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Fund series while KKR's investment is through its third Global Infrastructure Investors Fund, the statement said.

"We believe that today’s agreement among ADNOC, BlackRock and KKR will be followed by many more such partnerships to invest in the future growth of the region," said BlackRock CEO Laurence Fink.

This is KKR's first direct investment in the region, co-CEO Henry Kravis said, adding that there is substantial potential for more.

ADNOC has undergone major changes since al-Jaber's appointment in 2016, embarking on privatisation, oil trading and expanded partnerships with strategic investors.