据1月14日离岸工程报道，美国墨菲勘探与生产有限公司（Murphy Exploration&Production Co.）与巴西石油公司（Petrobras America Inc.）关闭了墨西哥湾战略合资公司，净现金对价约为7.95亿美元。

该交易生效日期为2018年10月1日。

经合同规定的调整后，Murphy的净现金对价约为7.95亿美元，由4.7亿美元的现金储备提供资金，其余3.25亿美元将从公司新的高级信贷安排中提取。

根据交易条款，两家公司将其目前生产墨西哥湾的全部资产捐献给了合资公司MP Gulf of Mexico, LLC (MPGOM)。

MPGOM将由Murphy拥有80%的股份，PAI拥有20%的股份，Murphy负责运营。该公司希望将此次交易中的PAI股份作为非控股权益计入其中。

Murphy石油总裁兼首席执行官Roger W. Jenkins表示:“我们很高兴能结束这家转型合资公司，并与巴西国家石油公司建立战略合作伙伴关系。我们新扩大的墨西哥湾投资组合符合Murphy的长期愿景，即在我们长期成功的地区提高石油加权生产的利润。”

孔丽炜 摘译自离岸工程

原文如下：

Murphy Exploration & Production Co. - USA has closed the strategic deepwater Gulf of Mexico joint venture with Petrobras America Inc., for net cash consideration of about $795 million.

The transaction has an effective date of Oct. 1, 2018.

Murphy’s net cash consideration, after adjustments provided for in the contract, of approximately $795 million is funded by $470 million of cash-on-hand with the remaining $325 million being drawn on the company’s new senior credit facility.

Under the terms of the transaction, both companies contributed all their current producing Gulf of Mexico assets to the joint venture company, MP Gulf of Mexico, LLC (MPGOM).

MPGOM will be owned 80% by Murphy and 20% by PAI, with Murphy overseeing the operations. The company expects to account for the PAI share of this transaction as a noncontrolling interest.

Roger W. Jenkins, Murphy Oil president and CEO, said: “We are excited to close this transformational joint venture and form a strategic partnership with Petrobras. Our newly expanded Gulf of Mexico portfolio is consistent with Murphy’s long-term vision of increasing profitable oil-weighted production in an area where we have a long history of success.”