ExxonMobil Reportedly Bids Iraq Farewell, PetroChina Takes the Lead in Mega Oilfield
ExxonMobil Reportedly Bids Iraq Farewell, PetroChina Takes the Lead in Mega Oilfield
"We are meeting today to bid farewell to ExxonMobil, and at the same time we congratulate PetroChina for becoming the lead contractor," Basim Mohammed, deputy oil minister for upstream affairs, told Reuters.Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) has reportedly exited the West Qurna 1 oilfield in southern Iraq and transferred its operations to PetroChina Co., Ltd.(OTC:PCCYF) as lead contractor.
據報道，埃克森美孚公司（紐約證券交易所代碼：XOM）已退出伊拉克南部的西古爾納一號油田，並將其業務移交給中石油有限公司（場外交易代碼：PCCYF）作爲主要承包商。
Yesterday, Senior Iraqi oil officials met with executives of XOM, PetroChina and Basra Oil Co at the West Qurna 1 field near Basra to close the deal, reported Reuters.
路透社報道，昨天，伊拉克高級石油官員在巴士拉附近的West Qurna 1油田會見了XOM、中石油和巴士拉石油公司的高管，以完成交易。
West Qurna 1 presently produces oil of around 550,000 barrels per day (bpd) and is one of the world's largest oilfields, having an estimated recoverable reserves of over 20 billion barrels.
West Qurna 1目前的石油產量約爲每天55萬桶（桶），是世界上最大的油田之一，估計可開採儲量超過200億桶。
"We are meeting today to bid farewell to ExxonMobil, and at the same time we congratulate PetroChina for becoming the lead contractor," Basim Mohammed, deputy oil minister for upstream affairs, told Reuters.
負責上游事務的副石油部長巴西姆·穆罕默德告訴路透社：“我們今天開會是爲了告別埃克森美孚，同時我們祝賀中石油成爲主要承包商。”
With the deal closure, ExxonMobil now doesn't have a presence in Iraq's energy sector.
隨着交易的完成，埃克森美孚現在沒有在伊拉克的能源領域開展業務。
Also, PetroChina now holds the largest stake in the West Qurna 1 field.
此外，中石油現在持有West Qurna 1油田的最大股份。
Last year, Iraq inked a divestiture agreement to acquire 22.7% of XOM's interest in West Qurna 1 by Iraq's state-run Basra Oil Co.(BOC), while Indonesia's state-owned Pertamina buying the remaining 10% of Exxon's stake, increasing its ownership to 20%.
去年，伊拉克簽署了一項剝離協議，由伊拉克國營的巴士拉石油公司收購XOM在West Qurna 1的22.7％的權益。(BOC)，而印度尼西亞國有企業Pertamina則收購了埃克森美孚剩餘的10％股份，將其所有權增加到20％。
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Price Action: XOM shares are trading higher by 0.85% at $100.83 premarket on the last check Tuesday.
價格走勢：XOM股價在週二的最後一次盤前交易中上漲0.85％，至100.83美元。
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