该交易包括生产中的 Buzzard 油田的非经营权益 (29.89%)、Rosebank 开发项目的额外经营权益 (40%) 以及在英国使用这些资产的 Suncor 员工。

“此次交易符合 Equinor 优化石油和天然气投资组合并深化核心国家的战略。我们正在巩固作为英国广泛能源合作伙伴的长期地位，加强我们作为欧洲可靠能源供应商的地位，同时继续实现我们成为净零公司的雄心。”执行副总裁 Philippe Mathieu 说道。国际勘探与生产总裁。

近 40 年来，Equinor 一直是英国可靠、广泛的能源合作伙伴，开发国内能源资源、生产低碳电力，并在 2022 年满足英国天然气总需求的 29%。Equinor 正在寻找通过投资数十亿美元用于关键能源基础设施，包括海上风电、碳捕获和储存（CCS）、氢气、电力以及石油和天然气，进一步支持英国经济。

该交易将于 2023 年每天增加约 15,000 桶油当量的股权，并与 Equinor 现有业务产生协同效应。

此次交易将使 Equinor 在 Rosebank 开发项目中的运营份额增加 40%。Rosebank 的开发符合英国政府北海过渡协议，Rosebank 合作伙伴的目标是在 2023 年做出最终投资决定，但须得到英国政府和合作伙伴的批准。2.5 亿美元的对价取决于 Rosebank 的最终投资决定。

本次交易尚待相关监管部门批准。

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The transaction includes a non-operated interest in the producing Buzzard oil field (29.89%), an additional operated interest in the Rosebank development (40%) and Suncor employees based in the UK who work with these assets.

“This transaction is in line with Equinor’s strategy of optimising our oil & gas portfolio and deepening in our core countries. We are building on our longstanding position as a broad energy partner to the UK, strengthening our position as a reliable energy provider in Europe, while continuing to deliver on our ambition of becoming a net-zero company,” said Philippe Mathieu, Executive Vice President for Exploration and Production International.

Equinor has been a reliable, broad energy partner to the UK for almost 40 years, developing domestic energy resources, generating low-carbon electricity, and supplying the equivalent of 29% of the UK’s total natural gas demand in 2022. Equinor is looking to further support the UK economy by investing billions in crucial energy infrastructure, including offshore wind, carbon capture and storage (CCS), hydrogen, power, and oil and gas.

The transaction will add approximately 15 000 boe per day in equity share in 2023 and create synergies with Equinor’s existing operations.

The transaction will increase Equinor’s operated share of the Rosebank development with an additional 40%. Rosebank is being developed in line with the UK Government North Sea Transition deal and the Rosebank partners are targeting a final investment decision in 2023, subject to the UK Government’s and partners’ approval. US$250 million of the consideration is contingent upon a final investment decision for Rosebank.

The transaction is subject to relevant regulatory approvals.

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