壳牌埃及出售西部沙漠资产

中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社10月20日开罗报道，壳牌埃及周日表示，荷兰皇家壳牌计划出售其在埃及西部沙漠的陆上上游资产，以专注于扩大其埃及海上天然气勘探。

去年2月，该公司在埃及赢得了3个石油和2个天然气开采权。上周，该公司高管对路透社表示，该公司将在明年下半年开始运营这些新油田。

壳牌上游主管Wael Sawan在一份声明中表示：“我们将继续致力于埃及，并希望通过增加壳牌在海上和液化天然气价值链中的地位来支持政府的能源枢纽愿景。”

“在这方面，我们可以最大限度地发挥我们的专长，为埃及带来最强的附加价值，并优化我们的投资组合，以确保该公司提供一个世界级的投资案例。”

壳牌埃及公司董事长Khaled Kacem表示，他预计与西部沙漠资产潜在买家的谈判将于今年第四季度开始。

李方征 编译自 路透社

原文如下：

Shell Egypt to sell assets in Western Desert

Royal Dutch Shell plans to sell its onshore upstream assets in Egypt’s Western Desert to focus on expanding its Egyptian offshore gas exploration, Shell Egypt said on Sunday.

Having won three oil and two gas concessions in Egypt last February, senior executive last week told Reuters that the company would start operating the new areas in the second half of next year.

“We remain committed to Egypt and see our future in supporting the government’s energy hub vision by growing Shell positions across the offshore and LNG value chain,” Wael Sawan, Shell upstream director, said in a statement.

“This is where we can best leverage our expertise, deliver the strongest added value to Egypt and optimise our portfolio to ensure the company delivers a world class investment case.”

Shell Egypt Chairman Khaled Kacem said that he expects talks with potential buyers of the Western Desert assets to start in the final quarter of this year.