英国森特里卡将恢复出售上游企业69%股权

据天然气新闻2020年7月 24日伦敦报道，英国最大的家庭能源供应商和英国天然气公司（BG）的母公司森特里卡（Centrica）7月24日在伦敦表示，一旦大宗商品市场和金融市场平静下来，森特里卡将恢复出售其旗下的上游企业Spirit能源公司的股权。

森特里卡曾希望在2020年底之前完成对Spirit能源公司 69%股权的出售，但由于新冠病毒疫情大流行而暂停了这一出售股权的进程。

森特里卡在上半年盈利报告中表示：“我们仍打算根据我们面向客户的战略转移退出石油和天然气生产。”

森特里卡说：“我们原计划在3月底左右收到初步报价，但由于COVID-19大流行带来的不确定背景，我们决定暂停这一出售上游企业股权的进程。”

森特里卡补充说：“我们仍打算退出油气勘探与开发，并计划在大宗商品市场和金融市场稳定下来以后重启出售Spirit能源公司股权的进程。”

Spirit能源公司成立于2017年，由森特里卡(69%)和拜尔燃气公司挪威分公司的前股东们(31%)组成，在荷兰、挪威、丹麦和英国海域拥有资产。

李峻 编译自 天然气新闻

原文如下:

UK's Centrica to resume upstream unit sale process once markets settle

The UK's Centrica said July 24 it would resume the process of selling its stake in upstream business Spirit Energy once commodity and financial markets are calmer.

Centrica had hoped to complete the sale of its 69% interest in Spirit by the end of 2020, but put the process on pause due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“Our intention remains to exit oil and gas production in line with our strategic shift towards the customer," the company said in its first-half earnings report.

"We were due to receive initial bids around the end of March, however we took the decision to pause the process against the uncertain backdrop created by the COVID-19 pandemic," it said.

"We still intend to exit E&P, and plan to restart the Spirit Energy process once commodity and financial markets have settled."

Spirit -- a joint venture between Centrica (69%) and Bayerngas Norge's former shareholders (31%) -- was set up in 2017 and has assets in Dutch, Norwegian, Danish and UK waters.