维多集团考虑收购美国页岩资产

    中国石化新闻网讯 据今日油价11月11日报道，全球最大独立石油交易商维多集团（Vitol Group）首席执行官Russell Hardy周二在路透社商品交易峰会上表示，该公司正考虑在美国页岩区块进行潜在收购。

    Hardy在峰会上表示：“从资产的角度来看，这只是一个我们认为可能合适的领域，资本正在流失，一些资产将需要新的所有者。如果决定继续进行收购的话，希望能在明年这个时候达成交易。”

    今年早些时候，维多集团表示已经建立了Vencer能源公司——一家在美国的上游企业，该公司将寻求购买成熟的、正在生产的石油和天然气资产，特别关注美国南部48个州的关键盆地。总部位于休斯顿的Vencer能源公司将由行业资深人士Don Dotson领导，担任总裁和首席执行官。

    Dotson在7月的一份声明中表示:“我期待利用自己在多个盆地运营的数十年行业经验，打造一家大型油气企业。”

    维多在全球拥有不少的上游资产，但在美国却没有。该公司目前的上游资产包括勘探和生产(E&P)许可证，日产量约为32000桶，相当于在西非、东欧和美洲的油气产量。

    在维多进军美国页岩气区块之际，并购活动正在加速。在美国企业摆脱了近年来最严重的油价下跌带来的冲击后，并购活动近几周加快了步伐。分析师预计，在不久的将来，页岩气领域将出现更多交易，但他们警告称，买家在选择收购目标时非常挑剔，因为他们希望购买最优质的资产。

    王佳晶 摘译自 今日油价

    原文如下：

    World’s Top Oil Trader Weighs U.S. Shale Acquisitions

    The world’s largest independent oil trader, Vitol Group, is considering potential acquisitions in the U.S. shale patch, chief executive Russell Hardy said on the Reuters Commodity Trading Summit on Tuesday.

    “Nothing has been done, it’s just an area where we feel there might be a fit from an asset point of view, where capital is leaving and some assets are going to want new owners,” Hardy said at the summit.

    If Vitol were to decide to proceed with an acquisition, it hopes that it could have deals lined up by this time next year, the executive added.

    Earlier this year, Vitol said it had established Vencer Energy, LLC—an upstream venture in the United States, which will be looking to buy mature, producing oil and gas assets, with a specific focus on key basins in the US Lower 48. Houston-based Vencer Energy will be led by industry veteran Don Dotson as president and chief executive officer.

    “I am looking forward to leveraging my decades of industry experience operating in multiple basins to build a large-scale oil and gas enterprise,” Dotson said in a statement in July.

    Vitol has some upstream assets globally, but none in the United States. The company’s current upstream assets include exploration and production (E&P) licenses from which it produces around 32,000 barrels per day equivalent of oil and gas in West Africa, Eastern Europe, and the Americas.

    Vitol’s potential foray into the U.S. shale patch comes at a time when mergers and acquisitions are accelerating.

    M&A activity picked up pace in recent weeks after U.S. companies shook off the initial shock from the fastest slump in oil prices in recent memory.

    Analysts expect more deals in the shale patch in the near future, but they warn that buyers are very picky in selecting acquisition targets as they look to buy top quality assets.