在吸引了潛在買家的興趣后，美國能源巨頭雪佛龍將出售其在澳大利亞西北大陸架液化天然氣合資企業的股份。

在收到數家買家的投標后，該公司啟動了對其在這個價值340億美元的項目中所持16.67%股份的正式營銷程序。

雪佛龍澳大利亞公司周四在一份電子郵件聲明中表示:“在一系列可靠買家主動接洽之后，雪佛龍澳大利亞公司已決定向市場推廣其在NWS項目中未運營的六分之一權益。”

澳大利亞最古老的液化天然氣工廠由伍德賽德(Woodside)運營，30多年來一直在從澳大利亞西北海岸的氣田中液化天然氣。

然而，這些油田的天然氣正逐漸枯竭，該項目現在正將重點轉向一種不同的商業模式，旨在處理來自第三方的天然氣。

該聲明稱:“NWS項目正將重點轉向成為一家具有全球競爭力的第三方收費機構，現在正是雪佛龍考慮潛在買家提出的合理價值建議的恰當時機。”

雪佛龍補充稱，作為西澳大利亞州Gorgon和Wheatstone兩大液化天然氣項目的運營商，該公司仍致力于澳大利亞業務。

卡拉塔天然氣廠有五條液化天然氣生產線，每年的產能為1690萬噸。該設施還設有國內天然氣生產線、凝析穩定裝置和液化石油氣裝置。

除了運營商Woodside和雪佛龍，其他在NWS項目的合作伙伴包括BP，殼牌，必和必拓和日本澳大利亞液化天然氣公司。

趙斌 編譯自 離岸能源

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Chevron selling stake in Australia’s NWS LNG project

US energy giant Chevron is selling its stake in the Australian North West Shelf LNG venture after drawing interest from potential buyers.

The company made a move to start a formal marketing process for its 16.67 per cent stake in the $34 billion project after receiving bids from several buyers.

“Chevron Australia has made the decision to market its non-operated one-sixth interest in the NWS project, following a number of unsolicited approaches from a range of credible buyers”, the company said in a emailed statement on Thursday.

Australia’s oldest LNG plant, operated by Woodside, has been liquefying gas from fields located off the north-west coast of Australia for more than 30 years.

Hovewher, these fields are slowly running out of gas and the project is now shifting its focus towards a different business model aimed at processing gas from third parties.

“The NWS Project is shifting its focus towards becoming a globally competitive third-party tolling facility, and this is the appropriate time for Chevron to consider fair value proposals from potential buyers for its interest”, the statement said.

Chevron added it remains committed to Australia as operator of the giant Gorgon and Wheatstone LNG projects located in Western Australia.

The Karratha gas plant has five LNG trains with a capacity of 16.9 million tonnes per year. The facility also features domestic gas trains, condensate stabilisation units and LPG units.

Besides operator Woodside and Chevron, other partners in the NWS project include BP, Shell, BHP, and Japan Australlia LNG.