据油田技术8月30日报道，随着加蓬计划在2020/2021年之前将原油产量提高50%，Vaalco Energy公司宣布将于今年9月，在加蓬近海开始钻探活动。石油、天然气和碳氢化合物部还宣布，将在10月9日至11日在南非开普敦举行的非洲石油和电力会议上推动勘探和生产。
钻井活动开始之前，在Etame Marin的四个Vaalco平台上成功地进行了全面的现场维护,该地区已恢复到停堆前的生产水平，并延长了Vaalco与Petroleo Nautipa Floating，Prod的租赁合同。至2021年9月，浮式生产储油卸油船（FPSO）有能力处理来自Etame、Ebouri、Avouma、South Tchibala、North Tchibala和South- South Etame油田的25000桶/天的原油。
五口井的钻探活动将从Etame 9P评价井开始，随后是Etame平台的9H开发井。该公司首席执行官卡里•邦兹(Cary Bounds)表示:“我们目前的计划是，钻探至多3口开发井和2口评估井，这些井的资金来自现有资金和运营产生的资金。”
Vaalco估计，今年净钻井预算为2000万至2500万美元，2020年为500万至1000万美元。此外，这家总部位于加蓬的公司表示，它相信这两口评估井可能证实，“未来钻探活动中针对的六个井位的2P石油净储量高达500万桶。”
作为计划的一部分，该公司还计划在今年9月交付Vantage International Topaz自升式钻井平台。
2019年是活跃的一年：加蓬的第12轮浅水和深水许可证发放仍在进行中；最近，在国际货币基金组织(IMF)的支持下，该国颁布了经修订的碳氢化合物法规，在财政上比前一版更具吸引力;马来西亚国家石油公司宣布，将签署了另外两项勘探许可——F12和F13两个海上区块，据说产能为每日20万桶。
加蓬已探明石油储量为25亿桶，是几内亚湾较成熟的碳氢化合物生产国之一。
王佳晶 摘译自 油田技术
原文如下：
Gabon aims to increase crude oil production by 50% by 2020/2021
As Gabon works to increase its crude oil production by 50% by 2020/2021, Vaalco Energy, has announced that it will begin its drilling campaign in the country’s offshore this September. The Ministry of Petroleum, Gas and Hydrocarbons has also announced that it will promote exploration and production opportunities at the Africa Oil & Power conference The start of the drilling campaign follows a successful full-field maintenance shut down at four of Vaalco’s platforms in the Etame Marin license, which has since returned to its pre-shutdown production levels, and the extension of Vaalco’s lease contract for the Petroleo Nautipa floating, production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) to September 2021. The FPSO has a capacity to process 25 000 bpd from the Etame, Ebouri, Avouma, South Tchibala, North Tchibala and South-east Etame fields.
The five-well drilling campaign will begin with the Etame 9P appraisal well and follow with the 9H development well from the Etame platform. “Our current plans are to drill up to three development wells and two appraisal wellbores funded from cash Vaalco estimates a net drilling budget of US$20 million to US$25 million this year and US$5 million to US$10 million in 2020. Further, the Gabon-focused firm said it believes that the two appraisal wells may confirm up to up to “five million net barrels of 2P oil reserves spread across six well locations targeted in future drilling campaigns.”
As part of its plans, it also expects to deliver the Vantage International Topaz jack-up drilling rig in this September.
2019 has been a year of intense activity: Gabon’s 12th Shallow and Deep Water Licensing Round is still underway; recently, with the support of the International Monetary Fund (iMF), the country enacted its revised hydrocarbon code, which is fiscally more attractive than the previous With proven oil reserves of 2.5 billion bbl, Gabon is one of the more established hydrocarbons producers in the Gulf of Guinea.