據天然氣加工&液化天然氣2020年9月23日維也納報道，奧地利油氣集團（OMV） 23日宣布，該公司將把其旗下的天然氣管道子公司的多數股權出售給其競爭對手奧地利最大能源公司Verbund電力公司，這筆交易將幫助OMV減少債務，并為其收購一家領先的塑料制造商提供資金。

3月初，OMV曾表示將剝離價值23億美元的資產，為收購全球領先聚合物生產商之一的北歐化工（Borealis）的數十億美元交易提供資金。

對OMV來說，這筆交易還將使OMV的債務減少逾5.7億歐元(6.616億美元)。

兩家公司說，Verbund將以2.71億歐元現金收購51%的股份，并承擔截至交易之日對OMV的未償債務。

到2019年底，債務總額為1.65億歐元。

兩家公司進行了數月的排他性談判，直到Verbund在6月中旬提交了一份有約束力的報價。

買家還表示，由于交易要到2021年才能完成，因此這筆交易預計將不會對其2020年全年指導產生任何影響。

李峻 編譯自 Gas Processing & LNG

原文如下：

Austrian utility OMV sells gas pipeline unit to Verbund

Austrian utility OMV has announced it will sell a majority stake in its gas pipeline subsidiary to rival Verbund, a deal that will help OMV reduce debt and finance its acquisition of a leading plastics maker.

In early March, OMV had said it would make divestitures worth $2.3 billion to finance a multi-billion dollar deal to buy one of the world's leading polymer producers, Borealis.

For OMV, this transaction will also lead to a debt reduction of more than 570 million euros ($666.16 million), it said.

Verbund will buy a 51% stake for 271 million euros in cash and assume its outstanding liabilities to OMV as of the date of transaction, the companies said.

At the end of 2019, the debt amounted to 165 million euros.

The two companies had held exclusive negotiations for months until Verbund submitted a binding offer in mid-June.

The buyer added it does not expect the transaction to have any effects on its full-year 2020 guidance as the closing will not take place until 2021.