据管道新闻网12月21日消息称，英国石油(bp)将通过一笔逾7亿美元的交易，收购其在美国管道合作伙伴BP Midstream Partners LP尚未拥有的剩余股份。这家能源巨头正寻求简化其结构。

bp创建了 BP Midstream Partners 作为主要有限合伙企业 (MLP)，以拥有、运营和购买主要以收费为基础的石油运输管道和存储资产。今年8月，该公司提出收购BP Midstream剩余股份。

bp 在一份声明中表示：“此次交易将深化bp对中游资产的兴趣，并简化所有权和治理结构，以支持……它在美国的燃料价值链。”

自20世纪80年代以来，石油和天然气行业通过具有税收优惠的MLPs为管道和存储产品提供了数十亿美元的资金，但在美国监管机构表示将不再允许它们收回所得税减免后，几家管道公司近年来进行了重组。

美国炼油商菲利普斯66在10月份公布了一项类似的交易，当时它表示将以 34 亿美元的价格收购菲利普斯 66 合伙公司剩余的业务。

朱佳妮 摘译自 管道新闻网

原文如下：

BP to Buy Out US Pipeline Partnership in $723 Million Deal

BP will acquire the remaining stake in its U.S. pipelines partnership BP Midstream Partners LP that it doesn't already own in a more than $700 million deal, as the energy giant looks to simplify its structure.

BP created BP Midstream Partners as a master limited partnership (MLP) to own, operate, and buy mainly fee-based oil-transporting pipelines and storage assets. It made an offer in August to buy the remainder of BP Midstream.

"This transaction will deepen BP's interests in, and simplifies the ownership and governance structure of, midstream assets that support ... its fuels value chain in the United States," BP said in a statement.

The oil and gas industry has financed billions in pipeline and storage products under tax-advantaged MLPs since the 1980s, but several pipeline companies have restructured in recent years after U.S. regulators said they will no longer be allowed to recover an income tax allowance.

U.S. refiner Phillips 66 unveiled a similar deal in October when it said it would buy the remaining units of Phillips 66 Partners for $3.4 billion.