英国天然气集团

荷兰皇家壳牌（RoyalDutchShell）正着手争取股东支持拟议中的收购英国天然气集团（BGGroup）的交易。此前，中国监管机构在周一批准了这一交易。

Royal Dutch Shell moved to bolster shareholder support for its proposed takeover of BG Group after Chinese regulators on Monday gave the deal their approval .

壳牌是全球液化天然气领域的领军企业，但在利用非常规天然气生产液化天然气的计划方面，它却落后于英国天然气集团（bggroup）等竞争对手。

Shell is a world leader in liquefied natural gas , super-cooled so that it can be transported by tanker , but it has lagged behind its rivals , including BG Group , in plans to use unconventional gas to produce LNG .

英国天然气集团（BritishGas）是第二个客户。他们将阀门用于海底输油管道与钻井设备中。

British Gas was the next customer , using the valve on undersea pipelines and rigs .

至于其它煤层气液化天然气开发计划，英国天然气集团与中国中海油（CNOOC）、澳大利亚Santos与马来西亚国家石油公司已经纷纷建立合作关系。

Of the other planned coal bed methane LNG developments , BG has tied up with CNOOC of China , and Santos of Australia with Petronas .

来自巴西国家石油公司的消息，推高了英国天然气集团（BG）和西班牙石油公司Repsol的股价。这两家公司均是开发Guara油田的合作伙伴。

The news from Petrobras pushed up the share prices of BG and Repsol , the UK and Spanish oil companies that are partners in developing Guar .

英国天然气集团是Tupi油田的合资开采伙伴。

BG is a joint venture partner at Tupi .

这次收购需要得到壳牌多数股东和英国天然气集团75%的股东的支持。

The takeover requires the support of a majority of Shell shareholders and 75 per cent of those at BG .

周二晚些时候，英国天然气集团在一份声明中确认，正与壳牌开展深入磋商。不过该公司表示，壳牌公司目前可能仍未确定会提出收购要约。

BG confirmed in a statement late on Tuesday that it was in advanced discussions with Shell , though it said there could be no certainty that the Anglo-Dutch major would make an offer .

周一，英国天然气集团的股价下跌0.7%，收于每股9.2英镑，比壳牌以现金和换股方式开出的价码中给出的大致价格低了大约10%，这在一定程度上反映出某些人对股东可能不会批准这一交易的担忧。

Shares in BG fell 0.7 per cent on Monday to close at 9.20 , and are about 10 per cent lower than the price outlined by Shell in its cash-and-stock bid , partly reflecting some concern that shareholders might not approve the deal .

英国石油天然气集团&英国石油（BP）表示，发达国家去年石油消耗量下降数量创1983年以来最高水平，这一迹象表明，油价不断上涨对需求的影响越来越大。

Oil consumption in developed countries fell last year by the largest amount since 1983 , a sign of the growing impact of rising prices on demand , according to BP , the UK oil and gas group .