Centrm和SWM启动出售北海石油生产商Spirit能源公司

据路透社11月11日伦敦消息，其看到的一份发送给潜在买家的文件称能源集团森特里卡（Centrica）和德国公用事业公司（SWM）集团已启动出售北海最大石油和天然气生产商之一的Spirit 能源公司。

Spirit Energy目前日产量约为13万桶石油当量，到2025年将逐渐减少至约10万桶左右，不过该公司还拥有所谓的2P储量（2.7亿桶石油当量）。

这些尚未开发的石油对一些私募股权支持的公司很有吸引力，这些公司近年来从石油巨头手中购买了日益老化的北海资产，希望在潜在的股票上市或出售之前实现未来的增长。

这家无债务公司在2018年拥有8.94亿英镑（11.4亿美元）的运营现金流，其中包括派息和每年约5亿英镑的投资。

Spirit Energy已向Hurricane Energy投资约4亿美元，该公司在6月份报道其在苏格兰附近的Lancaster油田首次发现石油，这是英国所谓首次成功发现裂缝性储油层。

拥有英国最大能源供应商英国天然气公司的Centrica在7月表示，准备出售其在Spirit Energy中69％的股份，以专注于消费能源服务，这是其摆脱石化燃料的举措之一。

路透8月报道称，Spirit能源的其他股东已加入Centrica的退出计划，消息人士认为该公司的估值约为15亿英镑.

Centrica希望出售其69%的股份，而SWM将“评估”剩余股份的提议，包括现金或股票交易或新合伙人的入场。

王桌芳 摘译自 路透社

原文如下：

Centrica, SWM launch sale of North Sea oil producer Spirit Energy

Energy group Centrica and Stadtwerke Muenchen (SWM) Group have launched the sale of Spirit Energy, align="justify">Spirit Energy currently produces around 130,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed) which is set to taper off to around 100,000 boed by 2025, although it also comes with 270 million boe in so-called 2P reserves, the document showed.

Such yet-to-be-exploited barrels can be attractive to some of the private-equity backed firms that have bought aging North Sea assets from oil majors in recent years, looking for future growth ahead of a potential stock market listing or sale.

The debt-free company had 894 million pounds ($1.14 billion) in 2018 operating cash flow allowing for dividend payments and around 500 million pound annual investments, the document said.

Spirit Energy has invested around $400 million in Hurricane Energy, which in June reported first oil at its Lancaster field off Scotland, the first such success for so-called fractured basement reservoirs in Britain.

Centrica, which also owns Britain's largest energy supplier British Gas, said in July it was preparing to sell its 69% stake in Spirit Energy to focus align="justify">Reuters reported in August that Spirit Energy's other shareholders had joined Centrica's planned exit, with sources valuing the company at around 1.5 billion pounds.

Centrica wants to sell its 69% stake while SWM will "evaluate proposals" for the remaining stake, including a cash or share transaction or the entrance of a new partner.