德文能源公司将斥资18亿美元收购Validus能源公司

据美国彭博新闻社2022年8月10日报道，美国二叠纪盆地最大石油勘探公司之一的德文能源公司（Devon Energy Corp.）同意以大约18亿美元现金收购Validus能源公司，以扩大得克萨斯州南部鹰福特页岩探区。  

德文能源公司周二在一份声明中表示，这笔交易将增加德文能源公司在第一年的现金流和收益，并根据当前的石油期货价格将可变股息提高多达10%。德文能源公司还表示，该交易将通过现有的20亿美元股票回购计划，加速现金返还给投资者。德文能源公司股票盘前交易曾一度上涨1.6%。  

这是德文能源公司自去年以85亿美元收购WPX能源公司以来最大的一次收购。

收购Validus能源公司将增加42000英亩探区面积，这些新增探区面积毗邻德文能源公司在鹰福特页岩远景区现有的租借区。Validus能源公司目前的日产量约为3.5万桶油当量，预计明年将平均增加到4万桶油当量/天。

去年5月，总部位于丹佛的Validus能源公司以8.8亿美元的价格从Ovintiv公司购买了鹰福特盆地的400多口油井，这个收购价格大约是Ovintiv公司2014年收购价格的三分之一。知情人士今年2月表示，Validus能源公司是在大宗商品价格上涨、公开市场更受欢迎的情况下出售这些资产的。

李峻 编译自 美国彭博新闻社

原文如下：

Devon Energy to spend $1.8 billion to buy Validus Energy, expand in Eagle Ford

Devon Energy Corp. agreed to acquire Validus Energy for about $1.8 billion in cash to expand in the Eagle Ford shale patch in South Texas.

The deal will add to Devon’s cash flow and earnings in the first year, and boost its variable dividend by up to 10% based on current oil futures prices, the company said Tuesday in a statement. Devon also said the transaction will enable the acceleration of the return of cash to investors via its existing $2 billion stock buyback program. The shares rose as much as 1.6% in premarket trading.

It’s the biggest takeover for Devon since its $8.5 billion purchase of WPX Energy Inc., which was completed in 2021.

Buying Validus will add 42,000 net acres adjacent to Devon’s existing leasehold in the Eagle Ford. Validus’s current production is about 35,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, with volumes expected to increase to an average of 40,000 barrels over the next year.

Denver-based Validus bought more than 400 wells in the Eagle Ford from Ovintiv Inc. in May of last year for $880 million, roughly a third of what Ovintiv paid in 2014. Validus moved to sell itself amid a boom in commodity prices and more welcoming public markets, people with knowledge of the matter said in February.