据道琼斯2月23日消息,一名知情人士透露,威廉姆斯公司最早将于下周开始寻求出售旗下加拿大业务,并已聘请两家投行协助出售事宜。
据这名人士称,这家位于美国俄克拉荷马州图尔萨的管道运营商将出售的加拿大资产可能最高卖得10亿美元。在加拿大,该公司的业务是将油沙提炼商制造的气态废物处理成液化天然气和烯烃,并负责营运相关的管道设施。威廉姆斯公司称,处理气态废物的业务减少了加拿大油沙田排放的二氧化碳。
威廉姆斯公司筹划这起潜在交易之际正值该公司和其他能源公司寻求削减资本支出以及筹措资金,以在原油和天然气价格持续下跌时改善资产负债表。
唐绍红摘译自道琼斯
原文如下:
Williams Cos. to Put Canadian Assets Up for Sale
By Ben Dummett
Williams Cos. will put its Canadian operations on the block as early as next week and has hired two investment banks to help run the sale process, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The sale could generate proceeds of up to $1 billion for the Tulsa, Okla.-based pipeline operator, according this person. In Canada, Williams processes the off-gas produced by oil-sands upgraders into natural-gas liquids and olefins and operates associated pipeline facilities. Williams says the off-gas processing reduces carbon dioxide emissions in Canada's oil patch.
The planned move comes as Williams and other companies in the energy sector move to cut capital costs and raise funds to bolster their balance sheets amid the prolonged slump in crude and natural gas prices.