壳牌向凯雷和霍氏集团出售中国的统一润滑油公司75%股权

据道琼斯香港8月7日消息，凯雷投资集团从荷兰皇家壳牌有限公司手中收购了后者在华润滑油业务的多数股权，从而获得了一家中国能源企业的控股权，这种交易实属罕见。

壳牌周五发表声明称，该公司将关注其在中国的自有润滑油品牌。油价下跌之际，壳牌正在全球范围剥离资产。凯雷和霍式集团(Huo's Group)收购了壳牌在华合资企业统一润滑油75%的股权，但壳牌没有透露收购价。霍式集团是统一润滑油创始人霍振祥旗下的实体产权。壳牌持有的统一润滑油股权是该公司2006年从霍振祥手中收购的。

凯雷投资集团总经理Herman Chang在公告中称：“在中国，由于汽车普及率的不断升高，润滑油是一个持续发展的市场。”

庞晓华摘译自道琼斯

原文如下：

DJ Shell to Sell Its 75% Stake in China's Tongyi Lubricants to Carlyle, Huo's Group

By Rick Carew

HONG KONG -- Carlyle Group LP bought a majority stake in a Chinese oil-lubricants business from Royal Dutch Shell PLC, giving the private equity firm a rare deal for control of a company in China's energy industry.

Shell, which is shedding assets across the globe amid low oil prices, said in a statement Friday it is focusing on its own lubricants brands within China. Shell didn't disclose the price it received for the 75% stake in the Tongyi oil lubricants business from Carlyle and Huo's Group, an entity controlled by Tongyi founder Huo Zhenxiang. Shell had purchased its stake in Tongyi from Mr. Huo in 2006.

"The lubricants industry is a growing market in China due to increasing auto penetration," Carlyle Group managing director Herman Chang said in the statement.