据油气新闻5月20日消息称，埃克森美孚公司周四表示，它签署了一项协议，以7.5亿美元的价格将北得克萨斯州的天然气资产出售给生产商BKV，这是该公司剥离非核心资产行动的一部分。
美国最大石油生产商埃克森美孚三年前设定目标，在去年12月前出售150亿美元资产，以偿还债务，并专注于低成本石油生产。但由于疫情期间销售停滞，该公司已经实现了约一半的目标。
高级副总裁Neil Chapman在3月份告诉分析师，今年石油和天然气价格的反弹重新引起了人们对其资产的兴趣。
北得克萨斯资产的出售包括基于未来天然气价格的额外支付，使该公司能够从燃料成本上升中获利。这笔交易预计将在6月30日前完成。
埃克森美孚上游公司总裁Liam Mallon表示：“我们致力于以最低的供应成本开发机会，为股东提供最有竞争力的回报。”
BKV总部位于丹佛，由泰国能源公司Banpu PCL持有多数股权，是得克萨斯州北部巴奈特页岩地区最大的天然气生产商，并在该地区成功钻出第一口页岩井。
埃克森美孚正在亚洲、非洲和欧洲提供资产，其重点是圭亚那、巴西近海、西得克萨斯和新墨西哥州的二叠纪盆地。它在伊拉克、乍得、尼日利亚、加拿大、阿肯色州和俄亥俄州销售资产。
曹海斌 摘译自 油气新闻
原文如下：
Exxon to sell north Texas gas assets to BKV for $750 million
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) on Thursday said it signed a deal to sell North Texas natural gas properties to producer BKV Corp for $750 million, as part of a wider move to shed unwanted assets.
Exxon, the top U.S. oil producer, set a goal three years ago to sell by last December $15 billion in assets to pay down debt and focus on lower cost oil production. But it has achieved about half its goal as sales stalled during the pandemic.
This year’s rebound in oil and gas prices has brought renewed interest in its properties, Senior Vice President Neil Chapman told analysts in March.
North Texas assets sales include additional payments based on future gas prices, allowing the company to profit from rising fuel costs. The deal is expected to close by June 30.
“We are focused on delivering the most competitive returns to our shareholders by developing opportunities with the lowest cost of supply,” said Liam Mallon, president of Exxon Mobil Upstream Company.
Denver-based BKV is majority owned by Thai energy firm Banpu PCL (BANPU.BK) and is the largest natural gas producer in the Barnett Shale, an area of north Texas where the first shale wells were successfully drilled.
Exxon is offering assets in Asia, Africa and Europe as it as focuses on Guyana, offshore Brazil and the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico. It is marketing assets in Iraq, Chad, Nigeria, Canada, and in Arkansas and Ohio.
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