???? 據世界管道2月23日報道，金德摩根公司（Kinder Morgan，Inc.即KMI）和布魯克菲爾德基礎建設公司（Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.）聯合宣布，他們已同意將美國天然氣管道有限責任公司(NGPL)25%的少數股權以8.3億美元出售給由美國私募股權公司弧光資本（Arc Light Capital Partners，LLC)控制的一支基金。
??? 收益將由KMI和Brookfield基礎設施平均分配。 少數股權的價值意味著NGPL的企業價值約為52億美元，約為2020年EBITDA的11.2倍。 交易完成后，KMI和Brookfield Infrastructure將分別持有NGPL 37.5％的權益，KMI將繼續運營該管道。
????金德摩根天然氣管道總裁湯姆·馬丁表示，金德摩根和布魯克菲爾德基礎設施很高興歡迎弧光加入NGPL合資企業。我們相信這項投資顯示了當今和未來幾十年天然氣基礎設施的價值。
????在此次交易中，NGPL由加拿大皇家銀行資本市場(RBC Capital Markets)擔任獨家財務顧問，King &Spalding擔任法律顧問。巴克萊曾擔任ArcLight的獨家財務顧問，并承諾為ArcLight提供債務融資以支持交易。Latham & Watkins LLP擔任ArcLight的法律顧問。該交易預計將于2021年第一季度完成。
????NGPL是向高需求的芝加哥地區市場輸送天然氣的最大公司，也是美國最大的州際管道系統之一。也是一個向大型液化天然氣(LNG)出口設施和其他位于德克薩斯州和路易斯安那州墨西哥灣沿岸，美國的市場運輸天然氣的主要運輸公司。NGPL擁有約9100英里的管道，超過100萬的壓縮馬力和2880億立方英尺的天然氣儲藏量。NGPL通過與州內和州際管道系統的大量互連，直接為其客戶提供通往所有主要天然氣供應盆地的通道。
????郝芬 譯自 世界管道
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????Kinder Morgan and Brookfield Infrastructure sell NGPL interest
????Kinder Morgan, Inc. and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. have jointly announced that they have agreed to sell a 25% minority interest in Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC (NGPL) to a fund controlled by ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC (ArcLight) for US$830 million. The proceeds will be shared equally between KMI and Brookfield Infrastructure. The value of the minority interest implies an enterprise value of approximately US$5.2 billion for NGPL, which is approximately 11.2 times 2020 EBITDA. Upon closing, KMI and Brookfield Infrastructure will each hold a 37.5% interest in NGPL, and KMI will continue to operate the pipeline.
????“Kinder Morgan and Brookfield Infrastructure are pleased to welcome ArcLight into the NGPL joint venture,” said Kinder Morgan Natural Gas Pipelines President Tom Martin. “We believe this investment shows the value of natural gas infrastructure both today and in the decades to come.”
????For this transaction, NGPL is served by RBC Capital Markets as the exclusive financial adviser and King and Spalding as the legal advisor. Barclays served as the exclusive financial advisor to ArcLight and has provided a committed debt financing to ArcLight to support the transaction. Latham & Watkins LLP served as legal advisor to ArcLight. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2021.
????NGPL is the largest transporter of natural gas into the high-demand Chicago-area market as well as one of the largest interstate pipeline systems in the US. It is also a major transporter of natural gas to large liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities and other markets located on the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast, US. NGPL has approximately 9100 miles of pipeline, more than 1 million compression horsepower and 288 billion ft3 of working natural gas storage. NGPL provides its customers access to all major natural gas supply basins directly and through its numerous interconnects with intrastate and interstate pipeline systems.
