據管道新聞網12月21日消息稱，英國石油(bp)將通過一筆逾7億美元的交易，收購其在美國管道合作伙伴BP Midstream Partners LP尚未擁有的剩余股份。這家能源巨頭正尋求簡化其結構。

bp創建了 BP Midstream Partners 作為主要有限合伙企業 (MLP)，以擁有、運營和購買主要以收費為基礎的石油運輸管道和存儲資產。今年8月，該公司提出收購BP Midstream剩余股份。

bp 在一份聲明中表示：“此次交易將深化bp對中游資產的興趣，并簡化所有權和治理結構，以支持……它在美國的燃料價值鏈。”

自20世紀80年代以來，石油和天然氣行業通過具有稅收優惠的MLPs為管道和存儲產品提供了數十億美元的資金，但在美國監管機構表示將不再允許它們收回所得稅減免后，幾家管道公司近年來進行了重組。

美國煉油商菲利普斯66在10月份公布了一項類似的交易，當時它表示將以 34 億美元的價格收購菲利普斯 66 合伙公司剩余的業務。

朱佳妮 摘譯自 管道新聞網

原文如下：

BP to Buy Out US Pipeline Partnership in $723 Million Deal

BP will acquire the remaining stake in its U.S. pipelines partnership BP Midstream Partners LP that it doesn't already own in a more than $700 million deal, as the energy giant looks to simplify its structure.

BP created BP Midstream Partners as a master limited partnership (MLP) to own, operate, and buy mainly fee-based oil-transporting pipelines and storage assets. It made an offer in August to buy the remainder of BP Midstream.

"This transaction will deepen BP's interests in, and simplifies the ownership and governance structure of, midstream assets that support ... its fuels value chain in the United States," BP said in a statement.

The oil and gas industry has financed billions in pipeline and storage products under tax-advantaged MLPs since the 1980s, but several pipeline companies have restructured in recent years after U.S. regulators said they will no longer be allowed to recover an income tax allowance.

U.S. refiner Phillips 66 unveiled a similar deal in October when it said it would buy the remaining units of Phillips 66 Partners for $3.4 billion.