壳牌将出售其美国最大油田德克萨斯州页岩资产

　　据烃加工新闻6月14日消息称，知情人士告诉路透社，荷兰皇家壳牌公司正在审查其在美国最大油田的持股以进行潜在出售，这标志着其摆脱化石燃料的关键时刻，因为公司面临着越来越大的削减碳排放的压力。

　　此次出售可能是壳牌在美国二叠纪盆地的部分或全部业务。二叠纪盆地主要位于德克萨斯州，去年该地区约占这家英荷公司石油和天然气总产量的 6%。知情人士说，这些股份的价值可能超过100亿美元。

　　由于涉及机密信息，这些不愿透露姓名的人士表示，没有人能保证壳牌最终会达成收购这些资产的协议。

　　西方第二大能源公司壳牌及其同行面临着投资者的压力，要求它们增加利润和削减导致地球变暖的温室气体排放，包括剥离资产。

　　从二叠纪的任何撤资将标志着该地区能源转型战略的重大转变，该地区此前被确定为到2050年实现净零碳排放的九个核心盆地之一。尽管二叠纪盆地的勘探活动十分活跃，但由于要提高产量就必须进行规模和持续的钻探，利润依然难以捉摸。

　　壳牌的能源转型计划是该行业最雄心勃勃的计划之一，其目标是逐步减少油气产量，并增加在可再生能源、氢和低碳技术上的支出。

　　荷兰一家法院上月下令壳牌公司在2030年前减少温室气体排放，这一速度远远快于原计划。壳牌公司首席执行官 Ben van Beurden 上周表示，壳牌计划上诉，但该公司也将进一步削减排放，此举可能会收缩其油气业务。

　　该能源巨头计划到2030年通过减少投资和处置，每年减少1%至2%的石油产量到2025年，可再生能源和低碳技术的支出将增加到总预算的25%。

　　朱佳妮 摘译自 烃加工新闻

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　　The sale could be for part or all of Shell’s position in the U.S. Permian Basin, located mostly in Texas, which accounted for around 6% of the Anglo-Dutch company’s total oil and gas output last year. The holdings could be worth more than $10 billion, the people said.

　　There was no guarantee Shell would end up striking a deal for the assets, said the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss confidential information.

　　Shell, the second largest western energy company, and its peers have come under investor pressure to increase profits and slash planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, including by shedding assets.

　　Any retreat from the Permian would mark a major shift from an area previously identified as one of nine core basins in its energy transition strategy to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. For all the activity in the Permian, profits have remained elusive because of scale and constant drilling required to boost output.

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