Wood Group出售Ethos Energy的股权13 800万美元,在收入下降的同时简化业务。 Wood Group sells stake in Ethos Energy for $138M, simplifying its business amid revenue drop.

石油和天然气公司Wood Group已经出售了Ethos Energy公司51%的股权,该公司与Siemens的合资企业Ethos Energy以工业设备为主,价值约1.38亿美元。 Oil and gas firm Wood Group has sold its 51% stake in Ethos Energy, a joint venture with Siemens focused on industrial equipment, for about $138 million. 此举是Wood简化其业务战略的一部分。 This move is part of Wood's strategy to simplify its business. 尽管迄今收入下降了3%,降至43亿美元,但Wood预测收入的一位数增长率很高,并计划将净债务保持在6.94亿美元左右。 Despite a 3% drop in year-to-date revenue to $4.3 billion, Wood forecasts high single-digit growth in earnings and plans to maintain net debt around $694 million. 苏格兰威士忌蒸馏商担心当选总统特朗普(Trump)的保护主义贸易政策可能对美国单一麦芽威士忌出口重新引入破坏性进口关税。 Scotch whisky distillers worry that President-elect Trump’s protectionist trade policies could reintroduce damaging import tariffs on single malt whisky exports to the US.