巴菲特公司斥資百億購(gòu)買(mǎi)天然氣資產(chǎn)

根據(jù)CNN商業(yè) 7月5日紐約報(bào)道：伯克希爾·哈撒韋公司將從道明尼能源公司購(gòu)買(mǎi)天然氣輸送和儲(chǔ)存資產(chǎn)，交易價(jià)值近100億美元，這是自疫情以來(lái)的該公司第一筆交易。

道明尼能源公司周日表示，伯克希爾·哈撒韋公司將支付40億美元現(xiàn)金收購(gòu)這些資產(chǎn)，并承擔(dān)道明尼能源公司的57億美元債務(wù)。

對(duì)于道明尼能源公司而言，該交易是其從天然氣傳輸業(yè)務(wù)過(guò)渡到成為規(guī)范的“純清潔能源”公用事業(yè)公司的一系列舉措之一。該公司總部位于弗吉尼亞州里士滿(mǎn)，是美國(guó)最大的能源生產(chǎn)和運(yùn)輸商之一，為20個(gè)州的700萬(wàn)客戶(hù)提供電力或天然氣。

同樣在周日，道明尼能源公司和杜克能源公司宣布取消大西洋海岸管道項(xiàng)目，這是一條始于2014年的天然氣管道，原定橫跨西弗吉尼亞，弗吉尼亞和北卡羅來(lái)納州數(shù)百英里。 兩家公司表示，盡管該項(xiàng)目最近在美國(guó)最高法院獲得了勝訴，但持續(xù)的延誤，訴訟以及預(yù)期的成本增加威脅了該項(xiàng)目的經(jīng)濟(jì)可行性。

此次收購(gòu)將擴(kuò)大伯克希爾·哈撒韋公司現(xiàn)有的能源業(yè)務(wù)，增加超過(guò)7700英里的天然氣儲(chǔ)存和輸送管道，以及約9000億立方英尺的天然氣儲(chǔ)存量。該公司目前為全球超過(guò) 1200 萬(wàn)電力和天然氣客戶(hù)提供能源服務(wù)。

作為交易的一部分，伯克希爾將收購(gòu)道明尼能源傳輸、奎薩管道和卡羅來(lái)納天然氣傳輸?shù)娜克袡?quán)，以及伊羅奎斯天然氣傳輸系統(tǒng)公司50%的運(yùn)營(yíng)權(quán)益和CovePoint LNG公司25%的運(yùn)營(yíng)權(quán)益。

該交易有望在今年第四季度完成，尚待監(jiān)管部門(mén)批準(zhǔn)。

朱寅 摘譯自 CNN商業(yè)

原文如下：

Berkshire Hathaway will buy natural gas assets

In its first deal since the economic downturn caused by coronavirus, Berkshire Hathaway is purchasing natural gas transmission and storage assets from Dominion Energy in a deal worth nearly $10 billion.

Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) will pay $4 billion in cash for the assets in addition to assuming $5.7 billion in debt from Dominion Energy (D), the energy company said Sunday.

For Dominion, the deal is one in a series of moves it has made as it transitions away from the gas transmission business to becoming a "pure-play" regulated clean energy utility company. The company, which is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, is one of the largest producers and transporters of energy in the nation, providing electricity or natural gas to 7 million customers in 20 states.

Also on Sunday, Dominion Energy and Duke Energy (DUK) announced the cancellation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a natural gas pipeline initially announced in 2014 that had been set to stretch hundreds of miles across West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina. The companies said that despite a recent win for the project in the US Supreme Court, ongoing delays, litigation and an expected increase in costs threatened the economic viability of the project.

The acquisition will grow Berkshire Hathaway's existing energy business, adding more than 7,700 miles of natural gas storage and transmission pipelines, and about 900 billion cubic feet of gas storage. The company currently provides energy service to more than 12 million electric and natural gas customers around the world.

As part of the deal, Berkshire will acquire full ownership of Dominion Energy Transmission, Questar Pipeline and Carolina Gas Transmission, as well as a 50% operating interest in Iroquois Gas Transmission System and a 25% operating interest in liquid natural gas shipping facility Cove Point.

The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year, pending regulatory approval.