據管道&天然氣雜志網9月26日報道，據《澳大利亞金融評論報》周一晚間報道，桑托斯公司已同意以11億美元的價格將巴布亞新幾內亞液化天然氣（PNG LNG）5%的股份出售給巴布亞新幾內亞國有的Kumul石油公司，該交易將于周二宣布。

桑托斯拒絕證實這一報道。辦公時間外無法聯系到Kumul石油公司。

桑托斯在8月份表示，它預計將從出售PNG LNG 5%的股份中獲得收益，“符合市場普遍的估值”，約為15億美元。

此前有猜測稱，桑托斯面臨著將5%的PNG液化天然氣轉讓給Kumul石油公司的壓力，但桑托斯首席執行官Kevin Gallagher在8月份對路透社表示，誰想得到這5%的股份，誰就會付出市場價值……否則我們就不會賣了。

桑托斯去年收購了Oil Search，成為巴布亞新幾內亞最大資源項目PNG LNG的最大股東。

隨著5%股份的拋售，桑托斯將擁有37.5%的股份，仍領先于運營商埃克森美孚公司（Exxon Mobil Corp.) 的33.2%。Kumul石油公司將擁有21.8%的股份。其余股份由日本JX控股公司旗下的子公司和巴新國有礦產資源開發公司擁有。

出售PNG LNG股份是澳大利亞第二大獨立天然氣生產商今年擬出售的三項資產之一，旨在籌集多達30億美元。

然而，由于未能以合適的價格找到買家，該公司取消了出售阿拉斯加Pikka石油項目股份的計劃。出售澳大利亞多拉多石油項目股份的計劃被擱置，是因為桑托斯無限期推遲了對該開發項目的最終批準。

郝芬 譯自 管道&天然氣雜志網

原文如下：

Report: Santos to Sell 5% Stake in PNG LNG for $1.1 Billion

Santos Ltd. has agreed to sell a 5% stake in PNG LNG to Papua New Guinea's state-owned Kumul Petroleum for $1.1 billion in a deal to be announced on Tuesday, the Australian Financial Review reported late on Monday.

Santos declined to confirm the report. Kumul Petroleum could not be reached outside office hours.

Santos said in August it expected to reap proceeds from the sale of a 5% stake in PNG LNG "in line with market consensus valuation", which was around $1.5 billion.

There had been some speculation that Santos was under pressure to give away 5% of PNG LNG to Kumul Petroleum, but Santos CEO Kevin Gallagher told Reuters in August: "Whoever is going to get 5% off us will pay the market value ... or we wouldn't sell it."

Santos became the largest shareholder in PNG LNG, Papua New Guinea's largest resource project, with its takeover of Oil Search last year.

With the selldown of 5%, Santos will own 37.5%, still ahead of Exxon Mobil Corp., the operator, with 33.2%. Kumul Petroleum will own 21.8%. The remainder is owned by a unit of Japan's JX Holdings Inc and PNG state-owned Mineral Resources Development Co.

The PNG LNG stake was one of three assets Australia's no.2 independent gas producer put up for sale this year aiming to raise up to $3 billion.

However, it pulled the sale of a stake in the Pikka oil project in Alaska after failing to find a buyer at the right price. Plans to sell a stake in the Dorado oil project in Australia are on hold as Santos indefinitely delayed final approval for the development.