据海上石油新闻3月13日消息称，奥地利石油和天然气公司OMV的高管今天谈到了该公司向下游化工行业的长期进军该公司表示，这是“奥地利历史上最大的一笔交易”，将保持其业务在低碳世界的可持续性。

昨日，该公司证实了收购化学公司北欧化工（Borealis）多数股权的交易。根据这项价值46.8亿美元的协议，OMV将从穆巴达拉手中收购39%的股份，从而控制75%的业务。

北欧化工生产基础化学品、肥料和原料。它是欧洲第二大聚烯烃化学品生产商，去年实现利润10.6亿美元（9.6亿欧元）。OMV计划进军化工行业，并将北欧化工并入OMV集团。

首席执行官Rainer Seele在新闻发布会上表示，此次收购是公司减少对化石燃料产品依赖战略的一部分。

当被问及该公司可能还会如何扩张时，Seele表示，该公司对涉足发电领域不感兴趣。

Seele说：“我们不想成为一家电力公司，OMV也不想再次挖掘这一角色。这不是我们战略或能力的一部分。我们现在所处的行业中，化石燃料的使用量相对较高，因为在技术上，我们没有其他选择。”

曹海斌 摘译自 海上石油新闻

原文如下：

OMV to move toward long-term chemicals business

Executives from Austrian oil and gas company OMV spoke today about its long-term move into the downstream chemicals industry. The company said the deal was “the biggest in the history of Austria”, and will keep its business sustainable in a low-carbon world.

The company confirmed its deal to buy the majority stake in chemicals company Borealis yesterday. The $4.68bn agreement sees OMV controlling 75% of the business after buying 39% from Mubadala.

Borealis manufactures base chemicals, fertilisers and feedstocks. It is the second-largest producer of polyolefin chemicals in Europe, with a profit of $1.06bn (€960m) last year. OMV plans to move to the chemical industry and will consolidate Borealis into the OMV group.

CEO Rainer Seele told a press conference the purchase was part of the company’s strategy to be less reliant on fossil fuel products.

Asked about how else the company might expand, Seele said it was not interested in stepping into electricity generation.

“We don’t want to be an electricity company, OMV doesn’t want to rediscover that role,” Seele said. “That is not part of our strategy or our competencies. We are now in a business where we now have a relatively high use of fossil fuels because technologically, there are no alternatives.”