據海上能源12月26日報道，新加坡雷克斯國際控股公司（Rex International）的挪威子公司Lime石油公司完成了對雷普索爾運營的挪威近海Yme油田的股權收購。

今年8月，Lime石油公司與Kufpec挪威公司簽訂了一項買賣協議，以6800萬美元的稅后對價收購該油田10%的權益。

12月23日已完成首期付款5500萬美元。延期支付的余額，包括結算費用，將在該交易完成后30個工作日內支付。

作為結算的一部分，ABG Sundal Collier已被委托從6月份設立的債券融資機制中籌集2.5億挪威克朗(約2550萬美元)。此次融資將于2023年1月進行，ABG Sundal Collier將擔任承銷商。該融資發行后，債券總額將為12億挪威克朗(約1.222億美元)。

在關于8月份計劃收購的公告中，雷克斯解釋道，Yme油田的產量將有助于實現其在不同地區的產量達到2萬桶/天的目標。

Yme油田于1987年發現，位于Egersund盆地9/2和9/5區塊，距離挪威海岸線約130公里。

然而，該油田直到1996年才開始生產。早在2001年，由于該油田不再被認為會盈利，生產停止。雷普索爾于2015年接管了該項目，并于2017年12月提交了該油田修訂后的PDO，并于2018年3月獲得批準。

新的開發項目包括在現有設施的基礎上設計、采購和安裝一個新的井口模塊，在該油田安裝之前對Maersk Inspirer移動式海上鉆探和生產裝置進行修改和升級，隨后與海上現有井連接并安裝在海底。

經過多年的拖延，Yme油田于2021年10月底再次開始生產，但自那以后已多次關閉。

郝芬 譯自 海上能源

原文如下：

Lime Petroleum buys stake in Repsol’s North Sea field

Lime Petroleum, a Norwegian subsidiary of Singapore’s Rex International, has completed the acquisition of a stake in the Repsol-operated Yme field located offshore Norway.

Lime Petroleum entered into a sale and purchase agreement with Kufpec Norway in August for the acquisition of a 10 per cent interest in the field for a post-tax consideration of $68 million.

The completion was concluded on 23 December with an initial payment of $55 million. Deferred payment of the balance, including the settlement costs, will be paid in 30 working days after the completion.

As part of the settlement, ABG Sundal Collier has been engaged to raise NOK 250 million (approximately $25.5 million) from the tap mechanism in the bond set up in June. The tap will be raised during January 2023, with ABG Sundal Collier as the underwriter. After the tap issue, the total bond will be NOK 1,200 million (approximately $122.2 million).

In the announcement about the planned acquisition from August, Rex explained that the production from the Yme field will contribute to its target of reaching a production of 20,000 bpd across various geographies.

The Yme field was discovered in 1987 located in Block 9/2 and 9/5 in the Egersund Basin, approximately 130 kilometers from the Norwegian coastline.

However, it did not start production until 1996. Back in 2001, production ceased because the operation of the field was no longer regarded as profitable. Repsol took over the project in 2015 and submitted a revised PDO for the field in December 2017, which was approved in March 2018.

The new development project entailed the engineering, procurement and installation of a new wellhead module on top of the existing facilities, the modifications and upgrading of the Maersk Inspirer mobile offshore drilling and production unit prior to installation in the field and subsequent hook-up to existing wells in and installations on the seabed offshore.

After years of delays, the Yme field started producing again in late October 2021, but had been shut down multiple times since then.