據油價網11月30日消息稱，路透社周三援引知情人士的話稱，意大利能源巨頭埃尼集團就可能以60億美元收購英國天然氣生產商海王星能源進行了初步談判。

交易還遠未確定，因為談判還處于早期階段，而且估值存在分歧。

埃尼和海王星能源均拒絕就路透社的報道置評。

海王星能源公司主要在英國和挪威開展業務，在這兩個國家，該公司生產的大部分碳氫化合物都是天然氣。

埃尼也通過其子公司V?r Energi ASA活躍在挪威近海。海王星能源和V?r Energi參與了挪威近海勘探的許可競標。

私募股權投資者擁有的海王星能源公司也在北非和亞太地區開展業務。該公司由CIC支持，并由凱雷集團和CVC Capital Partners提供基金投資建議。

海王星能源公司在2021年日產油13萬桶，截至2021年12月31日擁有6.04億桶石油當量的2P儲量。海王星的目標是，到2030年，其碳儲量將超過其運營和銷售產品的排放量。

海王星能源在本月早些時候發布的第三季度業績中表示，預計近期產量將增長，預計項目將增加47000桶/日的新產量。該公司計劃在2023年將產量提高到165000桶/日以上。

曹海斌 摘譯自 油價網

原文如下：

Eni Holds Preliminary Talks To Buy UK Gas Producer For Up To $6 Billion

Italian energy major Eni has held preliminary talks to potentially buy UK-based gas-focused producer Neptune Energy for up to $6 billion, Reuters reported on Wednesday, quoting a source familiar with the matter.

A deal is far from certain because talks are at an early stage and because of differences in valuation.

Both Eni and Neptune Energy declined to comment for Reuters on the report.

Neptune Energy operates mainly in the UK and Norway, where most of its hydrocarbon production consists of natural gas.

Eni is also active offshore Norway via its unit V?r Energi ASA. Neptune Energy and V?r Energi share participation in licenses offshore Norway.

Neptune Energy, owned by private equity investors, also has operations in North Africa and Asia Pacific. The company is backed by CIC and funds advised by Carlyle Group and CVC Capital Partners.

Neptune Energy produced 130,000 net barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2021 and had 2P reserves at 31st December 2021 of 604 million barrels of oil equivalent. Neptune aims to store more carbon than is emitted from its operations and the use of its sold products by 2030.

Neptune Energy said in its Q3 results release earlier this month that it expects near-term production growth, with projects expected to add 47,000 boepd of new production. The company plans to increase output to more than 165,000 boepd in 2023.