???? 據能源新聞2月11日消息稱，在EnCap投資公司的支持下，Equinor同意將其在美國北達科他州和蒙大拿州巴肯油田的權益轉讓給格雷森米爾能源公司，總金額約為9億美元。

????此次交易涵蓋了Equinor在巴肯地區的所有運營和非運營區域，共計24.2萬凈英畝，以及相關的中游資產。2020年第四季度這些資產的權益產量為 48000桶油當量/天(扣除特許權使用費)。與此同時，Equinor市場營銷公司將與格雷森米爾能源公司簽訂一份原油長期購買協議。

????Equinor總裁兼首席執行官Anders Opedal說：“Equinor正在優化其石油和天然氣資產組合，以增強盈利能力，使其在未來更加強勁。通過剝離我們的巴肯的資產，我們正在實現收益，這些收益可以用于我們投資組合中更具競爭力的資產，使我們能夠為股東創造更多的價值。在過去的幾年中，我們顯著提高了巴肯資產的安全性、成本效率和二氧化碳濃度，我相信格雷森米爾能源公司將繼續沿著這條道路走下去。”

????Equinor負責國際開發與生產的執行副總裁Al Cook說：“我們正在采取行動提高Equinor國際石油和天然氣業務的盈利能力。今天宣布退出我們的巴肯資產是這一進程中的重要一步。我們與格雷森米爾能源公司密切合作，以最佳方式保住工作崗位，確保專業知識的轉讓。

????作為協議交易的一部分，所有Equinor油田員工和大量在巴肯資產上工作的支持團隊將有機會轉移到格雷森米爾能源公司。

????交易的生效日期是2021年1月1日。成交須符合慣例條件，包括當局批準。

????朱佳妮 摘譯自 能源新聞

????原文如下：

????Equinor sells Bakken assets

????Equinor has agreed to divest its interests in the Bakken field in the US states of North Dakota and Montana to Grayson Mill Energy, backed by EnCap Investments, for a total consideration of around US$900 million.

????The transaction covers all of Equinor’s operated and non-operated acreage, totalling 242 000 net acres, and associated midstream assets in the Bakken. Entitlement production from these assets in 4Q20 was 48 000 boe/d (net of royalty interests). In parallel with this transaction, Equinor Marketing and Trading will enter into a term purchase agreement for crude offtake with Grayson Mill Energy.

????“Equinor is optimising its oil and gas portfolio to strengthen profitability and make it more robust for the future. By divesting our Bakken position we are realising proceeds that can be deployed towards more competitive assets in our portfolio, enabling us to deliver increased value creation for our shareholders. Over the past few years, we have improved the safety, cost efficiency and CO2 intensity of the Bakken assets significantly and I am confident Grayson Mill Energy will continue on this path,” said Anders Opedal, president and chief executive officer of Equinor.

????“We are taking action to improve the profitability of Equinor’s international oil and gas business. Today’s announcement on the exit of our Bakken assets is an important step in this process. We have worked closely with Grayson Mill Energy to preserve jobs and to ensure the transfer of expertise in the best possible way,” says Al Cook, executive vice president of Development & Production International at Equinor.

????As part of the agreed transaction, all Equinor field employees and a significant number of the support teams working on the Bakken assets will have the opportunity to transfer to Grayson Mill Energy.

????The effective date of the transaction is 1 January 2021. Closing is subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions, including authority approvals.