【英语财经】李嘉诚向加拿大赫斯基能源注资13亿美元 Tycoon pumps $1bn into Canada’s Husky Energy

Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shingis using two of his listed companies to inject $1.3bn into Canadian oil producer Husky Energy, as the fall in crude prices weighs on the group.

Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings

and Power Assets Holdings

will buy a

65 per cent stake in oil storage assets with a capacity of 4.1m barrels of oil and 1,900km of pipeline in the Lloydminster region, the companies said yesterday.

CKI Holdings and cash-rich Power Assets are part of Mr Li’s vast business empire that ranges from ports, property and energy assets in Asia to telecommunications businesses in Europe. Mr Li, who is Hong Kong’s richest man, also holds a controlling 29.31 per cent stake in Husky Energy.

In the joint venture formed by the three companies, Husky will own 35 per cent, CKI Holdings 16.25 per cent and Power Assets 48.75 per cent.

The move was akin to a cash injection into the ailing oil producer, which reported its third consecutive quarter of losses on Monday, analysts noted.

US crude averaged $33.63 a barrel in the first three months of the year, according to Bloomberg, down from $48.57 a barrel a year earlier.

Power Assets shares traded down

2.8 per cent at HK$75.55 during afternoon trading in Hong Kong, while CKI was down 1.67 per cent at HK$73.70, both underperforming the Hang Seng index, which traded down 0.66 per cent.

“If you’re cynical, you could say this is a cash injection into Husky. You could also say they are moving cash around,” said Simon Powell, a Hong Kong-based analyst at UBS.

Mr Powell said CKI and Power Assets did not overpay for the stake and that the investment could deliver a 4 per cent annual yield.

香港富豪李嘉诚(Li Ka-shing)正通过旗下两家上市公司向加拿大石油生产商赫斯基能源(Husky Energy)注入13亿美元。原油价格下跌正给后者造成巨大压力。

相关公司昨日表示，长江基建(Cheung Kong Infrastructure)和电能实业(Power Assets Holdings)将买入劳埃德明斯特地区储油资产65%的股份，这些资产包括410万桶的石油储存能力和1900公里的输油管线。

从亚洲的港口、房地产和能源资产，到欧洲的电信企业，李嘉诚拥有庞大的商业帝国，长江基建和现金充裕的电能实业是这个商业帝国的组成部分。身为香港首富的李嘉诚还持有赫斯基能源29.31%的控股股份。

在三家企业组建的合资企业中，赫斯基能源将持有35%的股份，长江基建将持有16.25%的股份，而电能实业将持有48.75%的股份。

分析师指出，此举相当于向这家问题缠身的石油生产商注入现金。周一，该公司报告连续第三个季度出现亏损。

根据彭博(Bloomberg)的数据，今年第一季度美国原油价格为平均每桶33.63美元，低于一年前的每桶48.57美元。

在香港的下午盘交易期间，电能实业的股价下跌了2.8%，至每股75.55港币，而长江基建则下跌1.67%，至每股73.7港币。两只股票的表现均逊于恒生指数(Hang Seng Index)，后者跌幅为0.66%。

瑞银(UBS)驻香港分析师西蒙?鲍威尔(Simon Powell)表示：“说话尖刻一点的人会说这是向赫斯基注入现金。你也可以说他们在调动现金。”

鲍威尔表示，长江基建和电能实业买入这些股份并未付出过高价格，而且这笔投资每年有望带来4%的收益。

译者/简易