据普氏能源资讯8月27日迪拜报道,卡塔尔石油公司周二宣布,国有卡塔尔石油公司和法国道达尔石油公司已经签署了纳米比亚两个海上区块的勘探和生产协议。
卡塔尔石油公司将持有2913B区块30%的股权,道达尔将持有40%的股权并运营该区块。Impact Oil和Namcor也是该区块的合作伙伴,分别持有20%和10%的股份。合作伙伴将于2020年上半年钻探第一口探井。
2913B区块位于近海Kudu气田以西150公里,2912区块位于21913B区块以西。
纳米比亚多年来一直试图通过Kudu gas-to-power项目将该油田的储量货币化,但该国能源部长在2019年表示,他对该项目的可行性感到担忧。
Kudu预计拥有约3.3万亿立方英尺的可采储量。
在2912区块,卡塔尔石油公司将持有28.33%的权益,道达尔将持有37.78%的权益并运营该区块。Impact Oil和Namcor也是该区块的合作伙伴,分别持有18.89%和15%的股份。
卡塔尔石油公司首席执行官兼卡塔尔能源事务国务部长Saad al-Kaabi表示:“与我们有价值的长期合作伙伴道达尔合作开发这些潜在的前沿区块,将进一步推动我们实施国际增长战略的行动。”
这些协议仍然需要纳米比亚政府的最终监管批准。
今年,大众对纳米比亚区域重新产生了兴趣。
今年4月,美国石油巨头埃克森美孚宣布,它已增加了在纳米比亚的资产,并通过签订农业协议,在其投资组合中增加了4个区块。
2014年的油价暴跌对纳米比亚的石油需求几乎没有任何帮助,但随着全球油价走高,投资者在纳米比亚的投资条件得到改善,石油巨头们表现出越来越乐观的态度。
沈韩晔 摘译自 普氏能源资讯
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Qatar Petroleum, Total sign Namibia deal for two offshore blocks
The state-owned Qatar Petroleum and France's Total have signed exploration and production agreements for two offshore blocks in Namibia, QP announced Tuesday.
QP will take a 30% interest in block 2913B, while Total will take a 40% interest and will operate the block. Impact Oil and Namcor are also partners Block 2913B is located 150 km west of the offshore Kudu gas field, and block 2912 is west of block 21913B.
Namibia has been attempting to monetize reserves from the field from years, with the planned Kudu gas-to-power project, but the country's energy minister said in 2019 that he had concerns over the project's viability.
Kudu is expected to hold around 3.3 trillion cubic feet of recoverable reserves.
On block 2912, QP will hold a 28.33% interest, while Total will take a 37.78% interest and operate the block. Impact Oil and Namcor are also partners "Working The agreements still require final regulatory approval from the Namibian government.
There has been renewed interest in Namibian acreage this year.
US major, ExxonMobil, announced in April that it had boosted its assets in Namibia, adding an additional four blocks to its portfolio through farm-in agreements.
The oil price slump in 2014 did little to help Namibia's quest for oil, but with higher global prices and better terms for investors operating in Namibia, oil majors are showing increasing optimism.