美 이란 제재 재개로 佛토탈 포기한 사업지분 中CNPC가 인수 China’s CNPC ‘takes over Total’s share in big Iran gas project’

China’s CNPC ‘takes over Total’s share in big Iran gas project’

Total signed a contract in 2017 to develop Phase II of South Pars field with an initial investment of US$1 billion, but the French company had said it would pull out unless it secured a US sanctions waiver

China’s state-owned energy major CNPC has taken over the share in Iran’s multibillion-dollar South Pars gas project held by France’s Total, the Iranian state news agency IRNA reported on Saturday.

美 이란 제재 재개로 佛토탈 포기한 사업지분 中CNPC가 인수 프랑스의 석유가스 회사 토탈이 미국의 이란 제재 재개에 따라 이란 남부 파르스 가스전 사업에서 철수를 발표하면서 중국 국영 석유회사 중국석유천연가스공사(CNPC)가 토탈이 보유하고 있던 사업 지분을 인수했다고 이란 관영 IRNA 통신이 11일(현지시간) 보도했다. 이란 국영석유회사의 모함마드 모스타파비는 CNPC가 총 50억 달러(5조6475억원)에 달하는 파르스 가스전 사업의 토탈사 보유 지분을 인수했다고 말했다. 당초 파르스 가스전 사업의 지분 30%를 보유하고 있던 CNPC는 이에 따라 전체 지분의 80%를 보유하게 됐다. 미국의 이란 제재 재개는 지난 7일부터 발효됐다. 【테헤란(이란)=AP/뉴시스】유세진 기자 dbtpwls@newsis.com

Total signed a contract in 2017 to develop Phase II of South Pars field with an initial investment of US$1 billion, marking the first major Western energy investment in the country after sanctions were lifted in 2016. South Pars has the world’s biggest natural gas reserves ever found in one place.

But the French company had said it would pull out unless it secured a US sanctions waiver, and Gholamreza Manouchehri, deputy head of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), said in June that if Total were to walk away, then CNPC would take over.

“China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) has replaced Total of France with an 80.1 per cent stake in the phase 11 of the South Pars (gas field),” IRNA quoted Mohammad Mostafavi, director of investment of Iran’s state oil firm NIOC, as saying.

       

A spokeswoman for Total declined to comment.

Total has not said what it would do with its stake should it pull out, and it has until November 4 to wind down its Ir operations.

The renewed US sanctions were among those lifted under a 2015 deal between world powers and Tehran on curbing Iran’s nuclear programme. US President Donald Trump abandoned the deal in May. Washington is planning to impose heavier sanctions in November aimed at Iran’s oil sector.

There was no immediate confirmation of the IRNA report by CNPC, which earlier held a 30 per cent stake in the project and has now taken over Total’s 50.1 per cent share, according to IRNA. The remainder is held by Iran’s Petropars.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2159309/chinas-cnpc-takes-over-totals-share-big-iran-gas-project

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