据油气新闻7月19日消息称，据知情人士周五透露，全球基础设施伙伴公司(Global Infrastructure Partners)已准备出售其在美国第二大液化天然气(LNG)出口设施自由港液化天然气(Freeport LNG)有限合伙企业的26%股份。
据消息人士透露，这家基础设施投资者正在与一家投资银行合作，以吸引买家的兴趣。
GIP收购其股份的价格不得而知。在自由港液化天然气站点开始出口天然气并产生收入之前，该公司在2014年斥资8.5亿美元收购了该股权。
消息人士警告说，不能保证出售会发生，GIP最终可能会持有股份。由于信息保密，这些消息人士要求匿名。
当路透社联系 GIP 时，GIP 拒绝置评，自由港液化天然气公司没有回应置评请求。
去年，Brookfield资产管理公司从黑石集团手中购买了切尼尔能源液化天然气有限合伙公司的股份。此前，这家加拿大投资公司的一个子公司于2019年以超过20亿美元的价格收购了位于马里兰州的Cove Point液化天然气终端25%的股权。Cove Point是一家主要由道明能源公司拥有的液化天然气终端。
自由港液化天然气最初的设想是作为一个进口终端，但在美国页岩气热潮开始后，自由港液化天然气被转变为一个出口设施。该公司位于德克萨斯州海岸附近的金塔纳岛，于2019年开始出口，其3个生产装置每年提供1500万吨液化能力。根据自由港液化天然气的网站，第四个装置正在计划中。
朱佳妮 摘译自 油气新闻
原文如下：
Infra fund GIP puts Freeport LNG stake up for sale
Global Infrastructure Partners has put up for sale its 26% stake in the limited partnership behind Freeport LNG, the second-largest export facility for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the United States, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
The infrastructure investor is working with an investment bank to solicit buyer interest, according to the sources.
The price which GIP is seeking for its stake could not be learned. It paid $850 million for the stake in 2014, before the Freeport LNG site began exporting gas and generating revenue.
There is no guarantee that a sale will happen, and GIP could ultimately keep hold of the stake, cautioned the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity as the information is private.
GIP declined to comment when contacted by Reuters and Freeport LNG did not respond to a comment request.
Last year, Brookfield Asset Management BAMa.TO bought a stake in Cheniere Energy Inc’s LNG.A limited partnership from Blackstone Group Inc BX.N. This came after a unit of the Canadian investment firm paid north of $2 billion in 2019 for a 25% stake in Cove Point, an LNG terminal in Maryland predominantly owned by Dominion Energy Inc D.N.
Originally envisioned as an import terminal, Freeport LNG was converted into an export facility once the U.S. shale gas boom took off. Situated on Quintana Island off the Texas coast, exports began in 2019, with its three production units providing 15 million metric tonnes per year of liquefaction capacity. A fourth unit is planned, according to Freeport LNG’s website.
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