據離岸工程2月16日報道，殼牌正在尋求剝離其位于Clipper樞紐和Leman Alpha綜合體氣田集群50%的股份。

據路透社援引業內消息人士的話稱，殼牌正在考慮出售位于英國北海南部的兩個氣田集群的股份。

這一可能的出售是該公司從北海撤出的努力的一部分，該地區的產量自上世紀90年代末以來一直在下降。

日漸老化的盆地正在促使長期的油氣生產商將重點轉移到其他產量更高、利潤更高的業務。

據三名消息人士透露，作為最新計劃的一部分，殼牌計劃剝離位于Clipper樞紐和 Leman Alpha綜合體氣田集群50%的股份。

報告補充稱，這些資產的潛在出售可能為該公司帶來10億美元收益。

兩個天然氣田的生產通過一條管道轉移到殼牌在英格蘭東部運營的Bacton陸上天然氣終端。

距離諾福克海岸66公里處的Clipper樞紐，每天可輸送約4億標準立方英尺的天然氣。

Clipper樞紐不僅從自己的油井生產和加工天然氣，還從Barque、Skiff、Galleon、Carrack和Cutter氣田進口和加工天然氣。

上月，殼牌與英國海上監管機構就北海(Jackdaw天然氣田開發事宜重新展開談判。

本月早些時候，殼牌首席執行官本?范伯登(Ben van Beurden)表示，該公司計劃每年出售平均價值40億美元的資產。

近年來，殼牌已剝離了北海若干石油和天然氣資產的股份。這包括2017年以38億美元的價格將石油和天然氣生產資產出售給Harbor Energy。

郝芬 譯自 離岸工程

原文如下：

Shell looking to divest gas assets in southern UK North Sea

The company is looking to divest its 50% stake in a cluster of gas fields in the Clipper hub, and the Leman Alpha complex.

Shell is considering selling stakes in two gas fields clusters, located in the southern UK North Sea, Reuters has reported, citing industry sources.

The possible sale forms part of the firm’s efforts to retreat from the North Sea, where production has been declining since the late 1990s.

The ageing basin is triggering long-time oil and gas producers to shift focus to other more prolific and profitable business.

As part of the latest plan, Shell intends to divest a stake of 50% in a cluster of fields located in the Clipper hub, in addition to the Leman Alpha complex, according to three sources.

A potential sale of these assets could earn $1bn in proceeds for the company, the report added.

Production from the two gas fields is transferred to the onshore Shell-operated Bacton gas terminal complex, in eastern England, through a pipeline.

Located 66km from the Norfolk coast, the Clipper hub has a capacity to transport approximately 400 million standard cubic feet of gas per day.

The Clipper hub not only produces and processes gas from its own wells, but also imports and processes gas from the Barque, Skiff, Galleon, Carrack, and Cutter fields.

Last month, Shell renewed talks with the UK’s offshore regulators over the Jackdaw gas field development, in the North Sea.

Earlier this month, Shell CEO Ben van Beurden said the company plans to sell assets, worth an average of $4bn, annually.

In recent years, Shell had divested stakes in several oil and gas assets in the North Sea. This include the sale of oil and gas producing assets to Harbour Energy for $3.8bn, in 2017.