金德摩根展開440億美元大整合
The $44bn consolidation of Kinder Morgan, will turn the US pipeline company into North America’s third-largest energy company and create an engine for acquisitions in the booming US oil and gas sector, its chief executive said yesterday.
金德摩根(Kinder Morgan)首席執行官裏奇•金德(Rich Kinder)昨日表示，440億美元的整合計劃將令這家美國管道公司變成北美第三大能源公司，並將在美國繁榮的油氣行業成爲併購引擎。Rich Kinder said the deal would reduce Kinder Morgan’s cost of capital, allowing it to become “an active acquirer in a . . . very fertile ground for consolidation . . . over the next few years”.
金德表示，該交易將降低公司的資金成本，令其“在未來幾年……在一個非常有利的整合背景下”成爲“一個積極的收購者”。
The US shale boom has vastly increased demand for infrastructure to bring new oil and gas supplies to market, benefiting “midstream” companies that own and operate pipelines and other facilities.
美國頁岩熱潮大大提高了對於將油氣供應帶向市場的基礎設施的需求，有利於那些擁有並經營管道及其他設施的“中游”企業。
Kinder Morgan said that more than $640bn of investment in energy infrastructure would be needed by 2035.
金德摩根表示，到2035年，能源基礎設施領域將需要逾6400億美元的投資。The company, which is already the largest midstream player in North America with 80,000 miles of oil and gas pipelines, plans to bring all its publicly traded units under one roof. It will acquire Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, Kinder Morgan Management and El Paso Pipeline Partners in a $71bn deal, comprised of $40bn in Kinder Morgan Inc shares, $4bn in cash and $27bn in assumed debt.
該公司已是北美最大中游企業，擁有8萬英里的油氣管道。金德摩根計劃將其所有公開上市交易公司合併爲一家公司。金德摩根將收購金德摩根能源合夥公司(Kinder Morgan Energy Partners)、金德摩根管理公司(Kinder Morgan Management)和埃爾帕索管道合夥公司(El Paso Pipeline Partners)，交易金額爲710億美元，包括400億美元的金德摩根股票、40億美元現金以及270億美元已承擔債務。The transactions will allow it to transform itself into a traditional company with an estimated enterprise value of about $140bn, making it the third- largest US energy company.
交易將令金德摩根轉變爲一家傳統公司，據估計，企業價值約爲1400億美元，成爲美國第三大能源公司。Shares in Kinder Morgan Inc traded up 11 per cent at $40.01 in New York yesterday lunchtime, while Kinder Morgan Energy Partners was up 18 per cent at $94.87, Kinder Morgan Management rose 25 per cent to $96.46 and El Paso Pipeline Partners was up 22 per cent at $41.14.
金德摩根在紐約上市的股票昨日中午時分上漲11%，至40.01美元，金德摩根能源合夥公司股價上漲18%，至94.87美元，金德摩根管理公司股價上漲25%，至96.46美元，埃爾帕索管道合夥公司股價上漲22%，至41.14美元。
