据路透社8月17日报道，挪威BW Offshore公司已经获得巴西石油监管机构ANP的批准，将收购马隆巴（Maromba）油田，这是这家奥斯陆上市公司从石油服务、平台和船舶的供应商向运营商转型计划的一部分。

从雪佛龙公司和巴西国家石油公司的收购，扩展了BW在巴西的业务，该公司在巴西已经有两个浮动生产、储存和卸载（FPSO）部门。

位于巴西海岸坎波斯盆地油田的总收购价格为1.15亿美元，将在开发过程中的“三个里程碑”时支付。

第一个“里程碑”付款为监管许可证的3000万美元，其他里程碑以“钻井活动开始”和“第一次石油生产”为标志，或在钻探活动开始三年后付款，以先到者为准。

BW在3月份获得了巴西反垄断监管机构CADE的批准，从拥有70%参与股权的巴西国家石油公司和拥有30%股权的雪佛龙手中收购了该油田。

BW能源部门首席执行官Carl K. Arnet表示：“马隆巴是我们上游业务模式的进一步证明，预计从2022年起，马隆巴将大幅增加我们的产量，这是我们增长战略中的一个非常重要的因素。”

ANP主任Oddone周六向路透社证实：“BW已被批准为巴西油田运营商，昨天就批准了，这表明巴西的海上石油生产重新活跃起来。”

詹晓晶 摘自 路透社

原文如下：

BW Offshore wins Brazil approval for $115 million oilfield purchase

Norway’s BW Offshore has won approval from Brazilian oil regulator ANP for the purchase of the Maromba oilfield, part of the Oslo-listed company’s plan to become an operator and not just a supplier of oil services, platforms and ships.

The purchase, from Chevron Corp and Petrobras , extends BW’s operations in Brazil, where it already has two floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units.

The total purchase price for the oilfield, in the Campos Basin off the Brazilian coast, is $115 million, to be paid over three milestones as the development progresses toward producing its first oil.

Regulatory clearance will lead to the first milestone payment of $30 million, with other milestones marked by the start of drilling activities and first oil production, or three years after the start of drilling activities, whichever comes first.

BW Offshore had in March won approval from Brazil’s antitrust watchdog, CADE, to buy the oilfield from Petrobras, which had a 70% participating interest, and Chevron, which held a 30% stake.

“Maromba represents further proof of our upstream business model,” said Carl K. Arnet, chief executive of BW Offshore’s BW Energy unit. “Maromba is expected to significantly increase our production from 2022 onwards and is a very important element in our growth strategy.”

ANP Director General Decio Oddone confirmed to Reuters on Saturday that BW was approved as an oil field operator in Brazil. “It was approved yesterday,” Oddone said. “This shows renewed activity in offshore oil production in Brazil.”