2015考研英语阅读ETP竞购Sunoco_大学英语阅读

2015考研英语阅读ETP竞购Sunoco

　　ETP 公司踌躇满志。去年其母公司 ETE 同意出价57亿美元，收购 Southern Union 公司及其天然气管网。最新的收购将使ETP成为全美第二大油气管道公司。Kinder Morgan 公司并购 El Paso 之后排名第一，其交易今年晚些时候完成。

　　Sunoco comes with storage facilities, 4,900 filling stations and the remains of a refining business that it is trying to spin off in a joint venture with Carlyle, a private-equity firm. But the pipelines are the main attraction. ETP currently operates 17,500 miles of the arteries that transport gas and natural-gas liquids such as propane and butane. Adding Sunoco s 6,000 miles, built to carry crude oil and refined products, will reduce ETP s reliance on gas. After the deal, 30% of its revenues will come from oil.

　　收购带来了 Sunoco 公司的储油设施、4900个加油站以及一家炼油厂的剩余资产。Sunoco 打算把这些剩余资产剥离出来投入一家合资公司，该合资公司由ETP和私募股权公司Carlyle共同投资。但最诱人的部分是油气管道。ETP目前运营的油气管道干线达17500英里。这些干线用于输送天然气以及丙烷、丁烷等液化天然气。加上 Sunoco 运输原油和精炼产品的6000英里管道，ETP对天然气输送业务的依赖程度将降低。交易完成后，ETP 30%的收入将来自石油输送业务。

　　This is important. In a few years shale gas s share of America s total gas output has gone from almost nothing to around a fifth. It will account for much more in the years to come. This changes the logistics of energy delivery, says Ronald J. Barone of UBS, a bank. Shale gas is much more widely distributed than the conventional sort. It is also more scattered than the ports through which imported gas arrives.