据今日油价网站5月3日消息 彭博社周一援引伊拉克石油部长Ihsan Abdul Jabbar Ismaael的话报道称，伊拉克可能购买埃克森美孚在欧佩克第二大产油国最大油田之一的西古尔纳1号油田 32.7%的股份。
有关美国超级大股东可能剥离其在伊拉克大型油田股份的报道并不新鲜。去年，彭博社报道称，中国国有巨头中国石油天然气集团公司和中国海洋石油总公司有意收购埃克森美孚在西古尔纳1号油田的全部运营股权。当时有报道称，此次股权出售至少价值5亿美元。
上月，彭博社报道称，埃克森美孚正考虑出售其持有的西古尔纳1号油田的股份，以期削减债务，该公司的债务在2020年随着油价暴跌而增长，而这家超级巨头则希望维持其股息不变。
欧佩克仅次于沙特阿拉伯的第二大产油国石油部长周一表示，伊拉克政府现在可能最终购买埃克森美孚的权益。这位部长补充称，可能的收购将通过伊拉克国有的巴士拉石油公司进行。
埃克森美孚公司2010年与伊拉克石油部南方石油公司签署协议，对伊拉克南部西库尔纳1号油田进行修复和再开发。埃克森美孚为主要承包商，壳牌公司的一家附属公司也持有2010年协议下的股份。
这位石油部长当日在接受记者采访时还表示，伊拉克预计近期油价将维持在每桶65美元左右。
王磊 摘译自 今日油价
原文如下：
Iraq May Buy Exxon’s Stake In Major Iraqi Oilfield
Iraq could buy ExxonMobil’s 32.7-percent stake in one of the largest oilfields in OPEC’s second-largest producer, West Qurna 1, Bloomberg quoted Iraq’s oil minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar Ismaael as saying on Monday.
Reports of the U.S. supermajor potentially divesting its stake in the large Iraqi oilfield are not new. Last year, Bloomberg reported that Chinese state giants China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) were interested in buying ExxonMobil’s entire operating stake in West Qurna 1. The stake sale could be worth at least US$500 million, reports had it at the time.
Last month, Bloomberg reported that Exxon was considering selling its stake in West Qurna 1 as it looks to cut its debts, which grew in 2020 with the collapse in oil prices, while the supermajor looks to keep its dividend intact.
The Iraqi government could now end up buying Exxon’s interest, the oil minister of OPEC’s second-largest producer behind Saudi Arabia said on Monday. A potential acquisition would be made via the Iraqi state-held Basra Oil Company, the minister added.
ExxonMobil signed in 2010 an agreement with the South Oil Company of the Iraq Ministry of Oil to rehabilitate and redevelop the West Qurna I field in southern Iraq. Exxon is the lead contractor, while a Royal Dutch Shell affiliate also held a stake under the 2010 agreement.
Speaking to reporters today, the oil minister also said that Iraq sees oil prices staying around $65 per barrel in the near term.
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