据油价网11月30日消息称，路透社周三援引知情人士的话称，意大利能源巨头埃尼集团就可能以60亿美元收购英国天然气生产商海王星能源进行了初步谈判。

交易还远未确定，因为谈判还处于早期阶段，而且估值存在分歧。

埃尼和海王星能源均拒绝就路透社的报道置评。

海王星能源公司主要在英国和挪威开展业务，在这两个国家，该公司生产的大部分碳氢化合物都是天然气。

埃尼也通过其子公司V?r Energi ASA活跃在挪威近海。海王星能源和V?r Energi参与了挪威近海勘探的许可竞标。

私募股权投资者拥有的海王星能源公司也在北非和亚太地区开展业务。该公司由CIC支持，并由凯雷集团和CVC Capital Partners提供基金投资建议。

海王星能源公司在2021年日产油13万桶，截至2021年12月31日拥有6.04亿桶石油当量的2P储量。海王星的目标是，到2030年，其碳储量将超过其运营和销售产品的排放量。

海王星能源在本月早些时候发布的第三季度业绩中表示，预计近期产量将增长，预计项目将增加47000桶/日的新产量。该公司计划在2023年将产量提高到165000桶/日以上。

曹海斌 摘译自 油价网

原文如下：

Eni Holds Preliminary Talks To Buy UK Gas Producer For Up To $6 Billion

Italian energy major Eni has held preliminary talks to potentially buy UK-based gas-focused producer Neptune Energy for up to $6 billion, Reuters reported on Wednesday, quoting a source familiar with the matter.

A deal is far from certain because talks are at an early stage and because of differences in valuation.

Both Eni and Neptune Energy declined to comment for Reuters on the report.

Neptune Energy operates mainly in the UK and Norway, where most of its hydrocarbon production consists of natural gas.

Eni is also active offshore Norway via its unit V?r Energi ASA. Neptune Energy and V?r Energi share participation in licenses offshore Norway.

Neptune Energy, owned by private equity investors, also has operations in North Africa and Asia Pacific. The company is backed by CIC and funds advised by Carlyle Group and CVC Capital Partners.

Neptune Energy produced 130,000 net barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2021 and had 2P reserves at 31st December 2021 of 604 million barrels of oil equivalent. Neptune aims to store more carbon than is emitted from its operations and the use of its sold products by 2030.

Neptune Energy said in its Q3 results release earlier this month that it expects near-term production growth, with projects expected to add 47,000 boepd of new production. The company plans to increase output to more than 165,000 boepd in 2023.