据海上能源8月19日报道，挪威石油巨头Equinor公司已获得美国监管机构批准收购壳牌在美国墨西哥湾凯撒和汤加油田的股权。

值得注意的是，Equinor公司从以色列德勒克集团的眼皮子下购买了这些资产。今年4月，以色列Delek已同意以9.65亿美元现金购买壳牌在凯撒-汤加油田22.45%的股权。然而，作为壳牌在该领域的合作伙伴，Eequinor则行使了它的优先权利，并以同样的价格购买了该股份。

壳牌于今年7月底表示已完成将凯撒-汤加资产出售给Equinor，但最终交易有待监管机构批准租赁分配。

Equinor周一表示，海洋能源管理局已经批准Equinor和壳牌的交易。

Equinor目前持有该油田46％的股权。 阿纳达科作为运营商，持有33.75％的股权，雪佛龙持有20.25％的股权。

Equinor表示，此次交易显示了Equinor在美国墨西哥湾发展和加强投资组合的雄心，目前总产量超过13万桶油当量/日。

郝芬 译自 Offshore Energy

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Equinor wraps $965M Caesar/Tonga buy as BOEM grants final approval

Norwegian oil firm Equinor has received regulatory approval in the U.S. for the acquisition of Shell’s stake in Caesar/Tonga field in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

To remind, the Norwegian firm snatched the assets right out from under Israeli Delek’s nose. The Israeli firm had in April agreed to buy Shell’s 22.45% stale in the Caesar-Tonga field for $965 million in cash. However, Equinor then, being Shell’s partner in the field, exercised its preferential rights and bought the stake itself for the same amount.

Shell late in July said it had completed the sale in the Caesar-Tonga asset to Equinor, but the final deal was subject to the approval of the lease assignments by the regulator.

Equinor on Monday said that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management had approved Equinor and Shell’s transaction.

Equinor’s interest in the field is now 46 percent.?Anadarko is the operator with a 33.75% interest, and Chevron holds 20.25% interest.

“This transaction demonstrates Equinor’s ambition to grow and strengthens the portfolio in the US Gulf of Mexico, now producing a total of more than 130,000 boe/day,” Equinor said.