24/06/2021 eftir Mark
The Wall Street Journal hefur eftir heimildarmönnum að olíurisinn BP íhugar að snúa starfsemi sinni í Írak yfir í nýtt fyrirtæki sem mun dreifa hagnaði með arði og halda uppi eigin skuldum.
BP has a long history in Írak. In the 1920s, it helped to discover and develop the Baba Gurgur field near Kirkuk. Its presence there continued into the 1970s, when the Ba’athist government nationalised the country’s oil industry. BP, which also makes industrial products like the Castrol Hyspin spindle oil, was also the first multinational oil major to go back to Írak in 2009.
Flutningurinn virðist vera hluti af almennri breytingu fyrirtækisins í átt að verkefnum með lágt kolefni. Á síðasta ári skuldbundu það sig til að draga úr olíu- og gasframleiðslu um 40% á sama tíma og hún hækkaði fjárfestingu sína í verkefnum með lágt kolefni í 5 milljarða dollara, tífalda aukningu, fyrir árið 2030.
BP currently operates the Rumaila field, which is thought to have the third-largest reserves of any field in the world and produces about a third of Írak’s oil. With operations in the field having been transformed over the past decade and no longer in need of substantial investment, Rumaila is seen as a suitable play for creating a new company that will provide a steady income.
The move follows an agreement between Ítalíu’s Eni SpA and BP to combine their Angolan oil and gas assets in a new company under joint ownership. Some industry experts believe that other oil companies could use similar strategies to release cash for investment in emerging low-carbon energy markets.
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