墨菲石油宣布战略性出售马来西亚油气业务

据美国商业在线3月21日消息，墨菲石油公司周四宣布，公司旗下一家子公司签署一份买卖协议，将向PTT勘探和开采公司（PTTEP）旗下子公司出售公司位于马来西亚的两家主要子公司墨菲沙巴石油公司和墨菲沙捞越石油公司。PTTEP将向墨菲石油支付21.27亿美元的全现金，在交易完成时支付，并根据惯例进行结算调整。此外，根据2020年10月之前的勘探结果，PTTEP还将向墨菲石油公司支付至多1亿美元的奖金。

该交易的有效经济估值日期为2019年1月1日，交易预计将在2019年第二季度末完成。交易的完成取决于惯例条件，包括必要的监管批准。根据交易条款，墨菲将退出马来西亚。

墨菲石油2018年年底探明油气净储量为8.16亿桶油当量，其中16%或1.29亿桶油当量来自马来西亚。

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Murphy Oil Corporation Announces Strategic Sale of Malaysian Portfolio in All-Cash Tr

Murphy Oil Corporation announced today that a subsidiary has signed a sale and purchase agreement to divest the fully issued share capital of its two primary Malaysian subsidiaries, Murphy Sabah Oil Co., Ltd. and Murphy Sarawak Oil Co., Ltd., to a subsidiary of PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited ("PTTEP"). PTTEP will pay Murphy US$2.127 billion in an all-cash transaction, payable upon closing and subject to customary closing adjustments, plus up to a US$100 million bonus payment contingent upon certain future exploratory drilling results prior to October 2020. 

The transaction has an effective economic valuation date of January 1, 2019, with the closing expected to occur by the end of the second quarter 2019. Closing of the transaction is subject to customary conditions precedent including, among other things, necessary regulatory approvals. Under the terms of the transaction, Murphy will exit the country of Malaysia. 

The year-end 2018 proved reserves (1P) net to Murphy were 816 million barrels of oil equivalent (Mmboe) of which 16 percent or 129 Mmboe were attributable to Malaysia.