据路透社7月9日消息，路透社援引匿名消息来源报道称，英国石油公司(BP)在收购必和必拓美国陆上页岩油气资产的竞争中一马当先，已提出了价值超过100亿美元的报价。

报道援引消息源称，BP和必和必拓可能会在未来几周达成协议。

张春晓 摘译自 路透社

原文如下：

BP in Lead to Acquire BHP Billiton US onshore Oil-and-Gas Assets

BP PLC (BP.LN) is the front runner to acquire BHP Billiton PLC's (BBL) U.S. onshore shale oil-and-gas assets and has made an offer worth more than $10 billion, Reuters reports unnamed sources as saying.

BP and BHP Billiton could reach an agreement in the coming weeks, according to the sources.