據離岸工程網站7月20日消息 兩家公司周二表示，Oil Search拒絕了桑托斯有限公司主動提出的收購提議，后者對這家專注于巴布亞新幾內亞的油氣生產商的估值為88億澳元（65億美元）。

　　Oil Search 表示，該提議不符合股東的最佳利益，但在桑托斯表示仍希望進行談判以創建一個在市值上與澳大利亞最大的獨立天然氣生產商伍德賽德石油相匹敵的集團后，其股價上漲了 7%。

　　這一舉措出臺之際，Oil Search正在尋找一位新的首席執行官來接替凱蘭?伍爾夫。伍爾夫因健康狀況不佳和舉報人投訴，上任僅17個月，于周一辭職。同時還暫停了對阿拉斯加一個價值30億美元的石油項目的最終決定。

　　桑托斯在6月25日提出這一提議，但這一提議在周二才被披露，此前一天，Oil Search董事長里克?李在一次關于伍爾夫辭職的電話會議上對分析師表示，公司尚未收到任何提議。

　　Oil Search表示，該提議經過其顧問、董事會和高級管理層的評估，確定不符合股東的最佳利益。

　　王磊 摘譯自 離岸工程

　　原文如下：

　　Oil Search Rejects $6.5B Takeover Offer from Santos

　　Oil Search rejected an unsolicited takeover proposal from Santos Ltd that valued the Papua New Guinea-focused oil and gas producer at A$8.8 billion ($6.5 billion), the two companies said on Tuesday.

　　Oil Search said the offer was not in the best interests of shareholders, but its shares rose 7% after Santos said it still wanted to pursue talks to create a group that would rival Australia's top independent gas producer Woodside Petroleum in market value.

　　The approach comes at a tricky time for Oil Search as it is searching for a new chief executive to replace Keiran Wulff, who quit on Monday following just 17 months in the job due to ill health and a whistleblower complaint. It also just put on hold a final decision on a $3 billion oil project in Alaska.

　　Santos made the approach on June 25, but the proposal was only revealed on Tuesday after Oil Search Chairman Rick Lee a day earlier, on a call about Wulff's resignation, told analysts the company had not received any approaches.

　　Oil Search said the proposal, which was assessed by its advisers, board and senior management, was determined not to be in the best interest of shareholders.