中国石化新闻网讯 据海外媒体2月24日休斯敦报道，雪佛龙公司24日表示，该公司将斥资3.49亿美元从Beach能源有限公司购买澳大利亚的页岩气资产，雪佛龙公司期望通过购买澳大利亚的页岩气资产来复制美国国内非常规天然气的繁荣。
雪佛龙公司将收购面积为81万英亩地区的股份，这个面积相当于香港面积的3倍，这个地区内的页岩气很大程度上没有得到测试，但是，这个地区靠近由竞争对手时下在东部沿海地区正在建造的几个数十亿美元的天然气出口设施。
这项涉及Beach能源公司在位于澳大利亚中部Cooper盆地两个区块60%股份的协议将巩固雪佛龙公司作为澳大利亚天然气领域最大投资者之一的地位。雪佛龙公司目前已领导位于西澳大利亚州两个总价值800亿美元的液化天然气项目的开发，这两个项目分别是高更液化天然气项目和惠斯特斯通液化天然气项目。
（李 峻 编译）
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Chevron Invests in Australian Shale Gas Assets
Published February 24, 2013
Chevron Corp. (CVX) said it will buy Australian shale gas assets from Beach Energy Ltd. (BPT.AU) for up to US$349 million, placing a bold bet on the potential to replicate the U.S. boom in unconventional gas output in the Outback.
Chevron is acquiring stakes in an area covering 810,000 acres--equivalent to three times the size of Hong Kong--that is largely untested for shale gas but near pipelines connecting with several multibillion dollar gas-export facilities being built by rival energy companies on the eastern coast.
The deal for up to 60% of Beach's interests in two blocks in central Australia's Cooper Basin cements Chevron's status as one of the biggest investors in natural gas down under. It is already leading development of the Gorgon and Wheatstone liquefied natural gas, or LNG, projects in Western Australia state worth a combined US$80 billion.
