2nd UPDATE:BP Sells $1.9 Billion Colombian Assets To Ecopetrol,Talisman
03 8월 2010 - 11:10PM
Dow Jones News
BP PLC (BP) said Tuesday it has agreed to sell its Colombian oil
and gas exploration and production business to Ecopetrol SA
(ECOPETROL.BO) and Talisman Energy Inc. (TLM.T) for $1.9
billion.
BP is looking to divest about $30 billion in assets over the
next 18 months to raise money to cover the cost of the Gulf of
Mexico oil spill. BP has already struck a $7 billion deal to sell
assets in North America and Egypt to Apache Corp. (APA).
"I am delighted with the price we have achieved for these
assets," said BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward, who will step down
on Oct. 1. "BP has been involved in Colombia for more than 20
years...but it now makes sense for the assets to go to owners more
willing than BP to invest in their future development."
BP has got a "very, very good" price for the assets, said NCB
Stockbrokers analyst Peter Hutton.
The value of the deal is a surprising $32 a barrel for the
resources involved, although, "this implied price will be inflated
by inclusion of Cusiana gas processing facility and pipelines which
needs to be stripped out," he said. This compares with $19.44 per
barrel of proved reserves for BP's Apache deal, he said.
This deal bodes well for BP's reported plans to sell its
Argentine unit Pan American Energy, he added. "Neither of these are
distressed asset sales," he said.
BP is in talks with Argentina's Bridas Corp. to sell its 60%
stake in Pan American for around $9 billion, a person familiar with
the talks told Dow Jones Newswires last month.
These asset sales will help BP cover the estimated $32 billion
cost of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which pushed the
company to make a $17.5 billion loss in the second quarter.
Ecopetrol, Colombia's national oil company, will buy 51% of the
business and Talisman 49%. They will pay BP a cash deposit of $1.25
billion and the balance when the deal passes regulatory approvals,
expected by the end of this year.
"I am really pleased with this deal," said Ecopetrol's Chief
Executive Javier Gutierrez. "It fits into our strategic plan
perfectly, bringing new reserves, production and potential areas
for our exploratory portfolio," he said.
"These are tremendous assets that our team knows well. They are
attractively priced, with excellent running room and we are
partnering with the preeminent oil and gas company in Colombia,"
said Talisman President and Chief Executive John Manzoni.
Talisman was created in 1992 when BP spun off its Canadian unit.
Manzoni is also a former BP man, having headed the company's
refining and marketing unit while Hayward ran the exploration and
production unit. Talisman is already partnered with Ecopetrol in
several oil licenses in Colombia and Peru.
BP's Colombia business has interests in five producing fields,
four separate pipelines and two offshore exploration blocks, the
company said. Net proved reserves total some 60 million barrels of
oil equivalent and net production of approximately 25,000 boe a
day.
The agreement does not affect BP's Castrol lubricants business
and other downstream oil activities in Colombia.
Barclays Capital acted as sole advisor to BP on the
transaction.
At 1335 GMT BP shares were up 0.3%, or 1 penny, at 414p.
-By James Herron, Dow Jones Newswires; +44 (0)20 7842 9317;
james.herron@dowjones.com (Edward Welsch in Calgary contributed to
this article.)
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