由Blackstone Inc.领导的投资者集团同意，以31亿美元收购三菱公司（Mitsubishi Corp.）子公司持有的LNG Canada液化业务股权。
A Blackstone Inc.-led investor group agreed to acquire a stake in LNG Canada’s liquefaction business from a Mitsubishi Corp. subsidiary for $3.1 billion.
参与此次交易的其他投资者包括加拿大养老金投资委员会、安大略市政雇员退休系统、安大略投资管理公司以及公共部门养老金投资委员会，他们将收购三菱公司持有的LNG Canada业务49.9%股权。
Other investors in the transaction for a 49.9% stake in LNG Canada’s business owned by the Mitsubishi unit include Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, the Investment Management Corp. of Ontario and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board.
作为日本最大的液化天然气供应商之一，三菱公司将继续担任控股合作伙伴，并保留其全部LNG离岸取货份额，这是该公司周一发表声明称的。
Mitsubishi, one of Japan’s largest liquefied natural gas suppliers, will remain the controlling partner and keep its full share of the LNG offtake, according to a statement Monday.
自伊朗战争以来，霍尔木兹海峡能源运输受阻，促使LNG进口商寻求中东以外的供应来源。与此同时，加拿大总理马克·卡尼比其前任贾斯廷·特鲁多更放宽环境限制，并更拥抱传统能源开发。
The choking of energy transportation through the Strait of Hormuz since the Iran War has spurred LNG importers to seek out supplies beyond the Middle East. Meanwhile Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has relaxed environmental restrictions and embraced conventional energy development more than his predecessor Justin Trudeau.
壳牌公司（Shell Plc）持有LNG Canada 40%的股权，三菱公司持有15%。LNG Canada是加拿大第一个也是唯一的大型LNG出口终端。去年9月，由壳牌领导的投资者批准了将其出口产能翻倍至每年2800万公吨的计划。项目合作伙伴一直在寻求出售其在该项目中的股权，以资助扩建。
Shell Plc owns 40% in LNG Canada, the country’s first and only large-scale LNG export terminal, and Mitsubishi has a 15% stake. In September, investors led by Shell greenlit plans to double its export capacity to 28 million metric tons a year. Project partners have been looking to sell down their stakes in the project to fund the expansion.
Blackstone总裁乔恩·格雷去年9月在多伦多投资峰会上称加拿大为“经济上的沉睡巨人”。格雷表示，加拿大的自然资源、较宽松的监管政策以及对私人资本的准入，为该国提供了巨大的增长机遇。
Blackstone President Jon Gray called Canada a “sleeping giant economically” at an investment summit in Toronto in September. Canada’s natural resources, looser regulatory policies and access to private capital offered the country massive opportunities to grow, Gray said.
Blackstone信贷与保险业务董事总经理扎卡里·鲁宾斯坦在声明中表示：“此次公告建立在我们对加拿大的深厚信念、与该国领先机构投资者的合作伙伴关系，以及我们为大型企业提供灵活解决方案以从其最关键资产中释放价值的能力之上。”
“This announcement builds on our deep conviction in Canada, our partnership with the country’s leading institutional investors and our ability to provide large corporates with flexible solutions to unlock value from their most critical assets,” Zachary Rubenstein, a managing director at Blackstone’s credit and insurance business, said in the statement.
黑石集团正在从其信贷与保险业务提供股权投资。这家管理资产近1.4万亿美元的资产管理公司将此类交易称为企业解决方案。
Blackstone is providing the equity investment from its credit and insurance business. The nearly $1.4 trillion asset manager refers to these types of deals as corporate solutions.
八月，它宣布对加拿大航空忠诚计划Aeroplan Inc.进行25亿加元（约合18亿美元）的少数股权投资。黑石集团还与阿波环球管理公司（Apollo Global Management Inc.）和KKR公司（KKR & Co.）共同主导了对威廉姆斯公司（Williams Cos.）发电厂的53.4亿美元投资，并去年以70亿加元的交易支持了罗杰斯通信公司（Rogers Communications Inc.）的无线网络基础设施。
In August it announced a C$2.5 billion ($1.8 billion) minority equity investment in Aeroplan Inc., Air Canada’s loyalty program. Blackstone also led a $5.34 billion investment in Williams Cos. power plants alongside Apollo Global Management Inc. and KKR & Co., and backed Rogers Communications Inc.’s wireless network infrastructure with a C$7 billion deal last year.