[中英翻譯練習]BP sells stakes in Canadian oil sands to push into offshore projects BP出售加拿大油砂股份，轉投海上開採項目

BP has quit the Canadian oil sands after selling its sole producing stake in the region to Calgary-based Cenovus Energy in a deal valued at roughly $1bn.

The deal to withdraw from an area long targeted by environmental campaigners illustrates the fine line BP is trying to tread //as chief executive Bernard Looney attempts to balance the company’s fossil fuel investments with a push to reduce emissions.

For its 50 per cent non-operated stake in the Sunrise oil sands project, BP will receive C$600mn ($466mn US) with up to a further C$600mn in payments over the next two years.

But it will also receive acreage from Cenovus off the east coast of Canada where BP is looking to explore and develop oil and gasfields, showing that new fossil fuel projects remain part of the company’s future even as it pivots towards investing more capital in renewables and quitting its most highly polluting projects.

BP將其與加拿大的唯一生產股份以大概10億美元的出售予總部位於加拿大卡加利的Cenovus Energy，退出加拿大油砂市場。

環保團體素來針對油砂發展項目，而BP決定退出該市場是鋌而走險的做法。同時，BP行政總裁 Bernard Looney目前希望在化石燃料上的投資和減排間取得平衡。

BP在Sunrise油砂項目中持有百分之50的非經營股份，讓BP獲得6億加元（折合4.66億美元），更可在兩年內獲得額外6億加元的後續收益。

除此以外，BP也將從Cenovus手上取得加拿大東岸的油田，而BP正計劃在該地勘探和開發石油和天然氣田，可見新化石燃料項目仍是公司未來發展的一部分。此前，BP正傾向投資更多資源在可再生能源上，並退出其手上污染問題最嚴重的項目。