美國油企指控Hess虛報服務費騙69億




美國頁岩油商控告Hess公司涉嫌詐騙6900萬美元

美國頁岩油生產商Continental Resources近日向休斯頓聯邦法院提起訴訟,指控能源巨頭Hess Corp透過與其子公司進行一系列交易,透過虛高中游服務費用,騙取了多達6900萬美元的收益。

Continental指控,Hess在北達科他州經營數百口油井,卻與旗下子公司訂立協議,令中游服務費用人為膨脹。由於過高的費用支付給Hess Midstream Partners,Continental在這些油井中所持有的非經營性工作權益的淨收入遠低於市場價值。

訴狀指出:「Hess公司將價值從上游資產轉移到中游資產,並未以非經營性工作權益持有人的最佳利益為考量。」

Hess的子公司Hess Bakken Investments在Williston盆地運營約483口生產油井,Continental在其中持有工作權益。Continental總部位於奧克拉荷馬市。

Continental表示,Hess公司持有Hess Midstream 38%的股份,該中游公司擁有主要位於Bakken及Three Forks頁岩油區的油氣及產水處理設施。結果是Continental與其他非經營性工作權益持有人,在中游費用上承擔的財務負擔遠高於Hess。

據訴狀指出,Continental因而損失約3400萬至6900萬美元的油氣生產收入。

另一方面,Hess Midstream在上一季度的處理量顯著增長:氣體處理增長8%,石油終端業務增長7%,水資源收集增長9%,主要受惠於生產量提升。Hess於上月的業績報告中披露了這些數據。

Continental表示,對於訴訟事宜不作評論;而Hess方面暫未有回應。

編者評論:

這宗訴訟揭示了油氣產業中上游與中游利益錯綜複雜的財務糾紛,尤其是當同一家公司同時控股中游和上游資產時,利益衝突問題會被放大。Hess透過子公司設定人為高昂的中游服務費,可能剝奪了非經營性合作夥伴的合理收益,這種做法若屬實,無疑違背了公平合作的商業倫理。

對於投資者而言,這起案件提醒我們在評估油氣公司的財務健康時,不僅要看產量和價格,還要深入了解其內部交易結構及利益分配情況。中游費用的透明度和合理性,直接影響到上游合作夥伴的收益,進而影響整體產業鏈的穩定性。

此外,這亦反映出頁岩油行業在成本控制和利潤分配上的挑戰,在油價波動頻繁的環境下,如何平衡各方利益,維持長遠合作關係,是企業必須面對的課題。未來監管機構或投資者可能會更嚴格審視此類內部交易,促使整個產業走向更透明和公平的運作模式。

總括而言,這場官司不僅關乎金額,更折射出能源產業中權益分配與治理結構的深層問題,值得業界和投資者持續關注。

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