中国石化新闻网讯 据伦敦彭博社7月20日消息,据知情人士透露,荷兰皇家壳牌石油公司正在谈判以20亿美元出售两个尼日利亚石油许可证,在一个核心是环境和人权争议的地区。
知情人士说,英荷石油巨头正在讨论出售石油开采许可证11和17给一家由尼日利亚大亨Tony Elumelu经营的继承人控股有限公司。他们说,销售包括基础设施资产,如天然气发电厂,将由尼日利亚PLC跨国公司和另一家由Elumelu经营的公司管理。
退出这两个区块将减少壳牌在尼日利亚一个充满争议的地区的曝光量。在过去十年里,该公司在当地反对派、民间冲突、激进分子袭击和造成污染指控的情况下,出售了数十亿美元的尼日尔三角洲资产。最新的出售将使壳牌公司专注于尼日利亚水域的运营,在那里,基础设施被攻击和盗窃的风险相对较低。
胡晶晶摘译彭博社
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Shell in talks to sell $2-billion Nigeria oil assets
Royal Dutch Shell Plc is in talks to sell two Nigerian oil licenses in an area that’s at the heart of environmental and human rights controversies for $2 billion, according to people familiar with the plan.
The Anglo-Dutch oil major is discussing selling oil mining licenses 11 and 17 to Heirs Holding Ltd., a company run by Nigerian tycoon Tony Elumelu, the people said. Included in the sale are infrastructure assets such as a natural gas-fired power plant that would be managed by Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc, another company run by Elumelu, they said.
Exiting the two blocks would cut Shell’s exposure in a region of Nigeria rife with controversy. The company has sold billions of dollars of Niger Delta assets in the past decade amid local opposition, civil conflict, militant attacks and accusations of causing pollution. The latest sale would leave Shell to focus on its operations in Nigerian waters, where the risks of attacks on infrastructure and theft are relatively low.