據天然氣新聞2020年7月 24日倫敦報道，英國最大的家庭能源供應商和英國天然氣公司（BG）的母公司森特里卡（Centrica）7月24日在倫敦表示，一旦大宗商品市場和金融市場平靜下來，森特里卡將恢復出售其旗下的上游企業Spirit能源公司的股權。

森特里卡曾希望在2020年底之前完成對Spirit能源公司 69%股權的出售，但由于新冠病毒疫情大流行而暫停了這一出售股權的進程。

森特里卡在上半年盈利報告中表示：“我們仍打算根據我們面向客戶的戰略轉移退出石油和天然氣生產。”

森特里卡說：“我們原計劃在3月底左右收到初步報價，但由于COVID-19大流行帶來的不確定背景，我們決定暫停這一出售上游企業股權的進程。”

森特里卡補充說：“我們仍打算退出油氣勘探與開發，并計劃在大宗商品市場和金融市場穩定下來以后重啟出售Spirit能源公司股權的進程。”

Spirit能源公司成立于2017年，由森特里卡(69%)和拜爾燃氣公司挪威分公司的前股東們(31%)組成，在荷蘭、挪威、丹麥和英國海域擁有資產。

李峻 編譯自 天然氣新聞

原文如下:

UK's Centrica to resume upstream unit sale process once markets settle

The UK's Centrica said July 24 it would resume the process of selling its stake in upstream business Spirit Energy once commodity and financial markets are calmer.

Centrica had hoped to complete the sale of its 69% interest in Spirit by the end of 2020, but put the process on pause due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“Our intention remains to exit oil and gas production in line with our strategic shift towards the customer," the company said in its first-half earnings report.

"We were due to receive initial bids around the end of March, however we took the decision to pause the process against the uncertain backdrop created by the COVID-19 pandemic," it said.

"We still intend to exit E&P, and plan to restart the Spirit Energy process once commodity and financial markets have settled."

Spirit -- a joint venture between Centrica (69%) and Bayerngas Norge's former shareholders (31%) -- was set up in 2017 and has assets in Dutch, Norwegian, Danish and UK waters.