???? 據世界石油2月23日消息稱，在全球原油市場反彈之際，被Chrysaor控股有限公司吞并的北海鉆井公司Premier Oil Plc將重新成為英國最大的獨立石油和天然氣生產商。

????收購預計將于3月底完成，Premier將于4月1日以新名稱Harbour Energy Plc開始交易。考慮到數十億美元的債務(本季度將償還或取消債務)，該公司應該處于有利地位，能借助石油需求復蘇，提高投資者回報。

????貝倫貝格分析師James Carmichael在周二的電子郵件中表示：“新公司的處境將比Premier好得多，擁有更強勁的資產負債表，使其能夠追求國際增長，并承諾短期派發股息。”該公司還有一個“非常強大的董事會正在就位”。

????Harbour的總裁將是Phil Kirk，他于2007年在巴克萊和一家美國私募股權基金的幫助下創建了Chrysaor。10年后，Chrysaor首次進軍英國水域，從荷蘭皇家殼牌石油公司購買資產，并且在進一步收購之后已成為英國最大的石油和天然氣生產商。

????去年12月，Premier和Chrysaor表示，Harbour將是一項“極具盈利能力”的業務，日產量超過20萬桶油當量，在國際市場上具有“巨大”增長潛力。盡管Premier的業務主要集中在北海，但它在亞洲和拉丁美洲也有資產，并一直在努力推動福克蘭群島的一個項目開工。

????Arden Partners Ltd的分析師Daniel Slater說：“Harbour Energy將從北海資產的大量生產現金流基礎開始，再加上幾個即將開展的項目，進一步擴大其國際投資組合，并提供增長動力。公司資產負債表將處于良好狀態。”

????朱佳妮 摘譯自 世界石油

????原文如下：

????Premier Oil to rejoin UK offshore just in time for oil price surge

????Premier Oil Plc, the indebted North Sea driller being swallowed by Chrysaor Holdings Ltd., will re-emerge as the largest independent oil and gas producer among UK stocks just as the global crude market roars back.

????With the takeover expected to complete by the end of March, Premier will start trading under its new name, Harbour Energy Plc, on April 1. Putting behind it a multibillion-dollar debt pile -- due to be paid or canceled this quarter -- the firm should be well-positioned to ride the recovery in oil demand and boost investor returns.

????“The new company will be much better placed than Premier, with a stronger balance sheet enabling it to pursue international growth and commit to a near-term dividend,” James Carmichael, an analyst at Berenberg, said in an email on Tuesday. There’s also a “very strong board that is being put in place.”

????Harbour’s president will be Phil Kirk, who founded Chrysaor in 2007 with help from Barclays Plc and a U.S. private equity fund. Chrysaor made its first foray into UK waters 10 years later, buying assets from Royal Dutch Shell Plc, and after further acquisitions has become the No. 1 oil and gas producer in Britain.

????Premier and Chrysaor said in December that Harbour would be a “highly cash-generative” business, producing more than 200,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day and with “significant” potential for international growth. While Premier’s business is weighted toward the North Sea, it also has assets in Asia and Latin America and has been working to get a project off the ground in the Falklands.

????“Harbour Energy will start off with a significant production cash-flow base from its North Sea assets, alongside several upcoming projects to further build out its international portfolio and provide a growth driver,” said Daniel Slater, an analyst at Arden Partners Ltd. “The balance sheet will be in good shape.”