据路透社伦敦/莫斯科5月24日消息称，四家银行业消息人士称，法国道达尔正在寻求出售其在哈萨克斯坦卡沙干油田的部分股权，以筹集至多40亿美元资金。

消息人士称，道达尔持有卡沙干油田16.8%的股权，并计划出售约三分之一的股权。卡沙干油田是全球最大的油田之一，日产量约为40万桶。

消息人士称，该公司持有的全部股份估计价值高达90亿美元。

卡沙干油田是全球数十年来发现的最大油田，也是最昂贵的独立石油项目。据估计，在2016年开工之前，卡沙干油田的开发耗资500亿美元，耗时13年。

一位消息人士称，道达尔在出售过程中没有使用任何外部投行资源。

如果美国石油集团收购竞争对手阿纳达科，此次出售将是一次令人欢迎的现金提振，因为它准备从西方石油公司手中购买88亿美元在非洲的石油和天然气资产。

道达尔首席执行官Patrick Pouyanne在周五发表的采访中表示，从西方石油公司收购阿纳达科资产可能促使这家法国石油公司出售其他资产。

卡沙干油田由北里海运营公司(NCOC)运营，该油田的其他合作伙伴包括埃尼集团(Eni)、荷兰皇家壳牌、埃克森美孚、哈萨克斯坦天然气公司、Inpex。

曹海斌 摘译自 路透社

原文如下：

Total seeks to reduce stake in giant Kashagan oilfield

France’s Total is seeking to sell part of its stake in Kazakhstan’s giant Kashagan oilfield to raise up to $4 billion, four banking sources said.

Total holds a 16.8% stake in Kashagan, one of the world’s largest oilfields with production of about 400,000 barrels per day (bpd), and is seeking to sell around a third of its stake, according to the sources.

The company’s entire stake has an estimated value of up to $9 billion, the sources said.

Kashagan, the world’s biggest oil find in decades and the most expensive standalone oil project, took an estimated $50 billion and 13 years to develop before starting in 2016.

Total is not using any external bankers in the sale process, one of the sources said.

The sale would be a welcome cash boost for Total as it prepares to buy $8.8 billion of oil and gas assets in Africa from Occidental Petroleum should the U.S. group’s acquisition of rival Anadarko go through.

Total Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanne said in an interview published on Friday that the purchase of Anadarko assets from Occidental may prompt the French oil company to sell others.

Kashagan is operated by the North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC) and the other partners in the field are Eni, Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon Mobil, KazMunayGas, Inpex.

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