據道瓊斯4月8日消息，Enverus公司高級分析師安德魯.迪特馬爾(Andrew Dittmar)表示，油價下跌和波動加劇了專注于能源業務的私募股權公司在出售油氣資產時已經面臨的挑戰。Enverus的數據顯示，今年一季度私募股權公司財力支持的油氣生產商出售了價值2.7億美元的資產，而2019年同期為9億美元。迪特馬爾表示，即便在3月初油價暴跌之前，作為私募股權公司財力支持的油氣公司的傳統買家的上市能源公司，就已經專注于保持現金流為正，并從收購中撤出。對于私募股權公司來說，退出油氣業務的選擇已經非常少。

張春曉 摘譯自 道瓊斯

原文如下：

Private Equity Firms Find Exit Routes Blocked in Oil Patch

Lower and volatile oil prices are exacerbating the challenges energy-focused private-equity firms were already facing to sell assets, says Andrew Dittmar, a senior analyst at Enverus. Private equity-backed oil and gas producers sold $270M worth of assets during 1Q, compared with $900M in the same period of 2019, Enverus's data show. Even before oil prices plunged in early March, publicly traded energy companies, which are traditional buyers of private equity-backed peers, were "focusing on being cash-flow positive" and retreating from acquisitions, Dittmar says. "Exit options had been pretty thin" for private-equity firms.