据气体加工及液化天然气2020年3月12日报道，澳大利亚第2大独立天然气生产商桑托斯公司说，该公司将以3.9亿美元的价格出售达尔文液化天然气（LNG）设施和位于澳大利亚北部的Bayu-Undan天然气田的25%股份。几个月前，桑托斯公司同意收购美国第3大石油公司康菲公司在该地区的业务。

这笔出售两天然气资产25%股份的交易将取决于与康菲公司价值13.9亿美元的交易能否完成。桑托斯公司预计，该公司将随后就开发巴罗萨天然气田做出最终投资决定。

桑托斯公司首席执行官凯文·加拉格尔表示，向巴罗萨气田的合作伙伴韩国SK E&S公司出售天然气是通过达尔文LNG设施投产巴罗萨气田的重要一步。

向达尔文LNG设施提供原料的Bayu-Undan天然气田预计将在2022年枯竭。桑托斯公司计划开发巴罗萨气田以保持达尔文LNG设施的正常运营。

桑托斯公司说，韩国SK E&S公司拥有巴罗萨气田37.5%的股份。

去年10月，一直专注于美国页岩资产的康菲公司表示，该公司将把达尔文LNG厂和澳大利亚北部海上的天然气田25%股份出售给桑托斯公司。

李峻 编译自 Gas Processing & LNG

原文如下：

Santos to sell 25% of Darwin LNG, Bayu-Undan assets for $390 M

Australia’s Santos Ltd said it will sell 25% of the Darwin LNG facility and the Bayu-Undan gas field off Northern Australia for $390 million, months after agreeing to buy ConocoPhillips’ business in the region.

The sale depends on the completion of the $1.39 billion deal with ConocoPhillips, which Santos expects to follow with a final investment decision on developing the Barossa gas field.

Santos Chief Executive Officer Kevin Gallagher said the sale to Barossa partner SK E&S of South Korea is a big step towards bringing Barossa gas into production through the Darwin LNG facilities.

The Bayu-Undan gas field, which feeds Darwin LNG, is set to run dry in 2022 and Santos is aiming to develop the Barossa field to keep the plant open.

South Korea’s SK E&S owns 37.5% of Barossa, Santos said.

Last October, ConocoPhillips, which has been focusing on its U.S. shale assets, said it would sell the Darwin LNG plant, which it opened in 2006, and gas fields off northern Australia to Santos.