西方石油財團擬出售尼日利亞油田
A Royal Dutch Shell-led consortium is close to selling several Nigerian oilfields for about $5bn to domestic buyers, as foreign companies retreat from sub-Saharan Africa’s oldest oil industry.
由荷蘭皇家殼牌(Royal Dutch Shell)牽頭的財團即將把幾座尼日利亞油田售給國內買家，價格約在50億美元左右，顯示外企將撤離撒哈拉以南非洲歷史最悠久的石油產業。The price tag for the four oilfields and a key pipeline co-owned by Shell, Total of France and Eni of Italy has doubled since initial estimates towards the end of last year. The rise highlights the financial muscle of a cluster of Nigerian oil companies that have emerged as prominent players in the country’s hydrocarbon industry.
這4座油田和1條重要管線爲殼牌、法國道達爾(Total)和意大利埃尼(Eni)共同擁有，它們的標價比去年底的初步估計增加了一倍。價格上漲凸顯了尼日利亞石油企業的財務實力，它們已成爲該國油氣產業的強大競爭者。
The sales are the latest move by oil and gas supermajors to reduce their onshore presence in Nigeria, in the face of theft and sabotage and long delays to a government bill setting out new terms for operators.
面對盜竊、蓄意破壞和政府長期拖延出臺新的針對作業方的法案條款，石油和天然氣行業巨頭正尋求縮減在尼日利亞的陸上業務，此次出售是它們在這個方向上的最新動作。
Buyers for the four blocks have been selected, but two bidders are still negotiating their contracts. A deal is expected in the next few weeks, but it will require all potential buyers to get government approval.
4個油田區塊的買家已選定，但2個投標者還在談判合約。交易預計將在未來幾周內達成，但會要求所有潛在買家獲得政府批准。Two people familiar with the situation shared details of the sale that could amount to $5.2bn, but they warned the figure could still change as the companies negotiated the final details.
兩名知情人透露了這筆銷售的細節，其售價可能會達到52億美元，但他們提醒說，這個數字仍可能隨着有關企業敲定細節而發生改變。“It is a lot of money,” said a banker involved in the process. “It is a great display of the strength of the Nigerian indigenous oil industry.”
“這是一大筆錢。”參與交易的一位銀行家說，“這是尼日利亞本土石油工業實力的生動展示。”Nigerian oil traders-cum-producers Taleveras and Aiteo have offered $2.6bn for the largest oilfield, known as Oil Mining Licence 29, according to the people familiar with the situation. The 60-mile Nembe Creek Trunk Line, a key oil transport artery that has been regularly attacked by oil thieves, is being sold as part of this package.
知情人表示，尼日利亞石油貿易商暨生產商Taleveras和Aiteo已對最大的油田——石油開採許可證第29號——出價26億美元。60英里長的嫩貝溪(Nembe Creek)幹線管道將隨此次交易一併出售，這條石油運輸的關鍵動脈一直頻遭石油偷盜者攻擊。Domestic oil and gas companies have expanded aggressively since 2008 and have bought assets worth $5bn from the world’s biggest energy groups.
尼日利亞國內石油和天然氣公司自2008年以來積極擴張，它們已從全球各大能源集團購買了價值50億美元的資產。
