Equinor在債券市場融資39億美元

據(jù)離岸工程網(wǎng)站5月18日消息 挪威石油公司Equinor周一籌集了34億美元的歐元和美元債券，這是該公司在原油價格疲弱之際爭取長期融資的最新舉措。

首席財務官拉爾斯?克里斯蒂安?巴赫在一份聲明中表示：“在當前動蕩的市場形勢下，未來的不確定性很高，我們認為進一步增強財務靈活性和彈性是有價值的?！?/span>

周一早些時候，首次發(fā)行的6年期7.5億歐元（8.19億美元）債券和12年期10億歐元債券不久之后，又發(fā)行了兩期各7.5億美元的美元債券，到期日分別為6年和10年。

Equinor表示：“發(fā)行這些債券的凈收益將用于一般公司用途，其中可能包括償還或購買現(xiàn)有債務或其他用途?！?/span>

這些新債券是在上月50億美元的債務出售之后所發(fā)行，債券期限從5年到30年不等。

Equinor最近幾周采取了一系列措施來保留現(xiàn)金，包括無限期推遲50億美元的股票回購計劃，以及削減約30億美元的運營成本和投資。

該公司還將季度股息削減了三分之二，將金融危機以來首次削減派息歸咎于新一輪冠狀病毒爆發(fā)期間油價走低。

2026年歐元債券的利息為0.75%，2032年歐元債券的息票率為1.375%。這兩種美元債券2026年和2030年的收益率分別為1.75%和2.375%。

截至一季度末，Equinor的凈負債率（杠桿比率）為25.8%，比上季度高出兩個百分點。

（1美元=0.9162歐元）

吳恒磊 編譯自 離岸工程

原文如下：

Equinor Raises $3.9 Bln in the Bond Market

Norwegian oil company Equinor raised $3.4 billion in euro and dollar bonds on Monday, in its latest push to secure long-term funding at a time of weak crude prices.

"In the current volatile market situation characterised by high uncertainty going forward, we see the value in further increasing our financial flexibility and resilience," Chief Financial Officer Lars Christian Bacher said in a statement.

Initial issues of a six-year 750 million euro ($819 million) bond and a 12-year 1 billion euro bond earlier on Monday were followed shortly after by two U.S. dollar tranches of $750 million each, with maturities of six and 10 years.

"The net proceeds from the issue of the Notes will be used for general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment or purchase of existing debt, or other purposes," Equinor said.

The new bonds follow last month's $5 billion debt sale in which maturities ranged from five to 30 years.

Equinor has taken a range of steps in recent weeks to preserve cash, including the indefinite postponement of a $5 billion share buyback programme and cuts to operating costs and investment of about $3 billion.

It also slashed its quarterly dividend by two thirds, blaming low oil prices amid the new coronavirus outbreak for the first cut in its payout since the financial crisis.

The 2026 euro bonds pay interest of 0.75% while the 2032 euro issue comes with a 1.375% coupon. The two dollar bonds carry a yield of 1.75% and 2.375% for the 2026 and 2030 issues respectively.

Equinor's net debt ratio, or gearing, stood at 25.8% at the end of the first quarter, two percentage points higher than in the previous quarter.

($1 = 0.9162 euros)