据油价网2020年11月18日休斯敦报道，令一些人感到惊讶的是，11月18日举行的美国墨西哥湾油气租赁交易在当天引发了巨大的兴趣。
根据美国海洋能源管理局（BOEM）公布的统计数据，最高报价的金额达到了1.2亿美元。
在第256轮销售提供的1.49万个区块中，,93个区块收到了报价，总面积达到了51.7732万英亩。共有23家公司提交了报价。
最深的区块引发了石油公司的最大兴趣，在93个报价中，有36个报价是针对位于水深1600米或超过1600米的区块，而且几乎所有的兴趣都在水深超过800英尺的区块。
引起最大兴趣的区块是位于密西西比峡谷的NH16-10区块。出价最高的区块是超深水区块NG15-06 Walker Ridge，这个区块以1200万美元的报价被雷普索尔/Equinor联手收购。这也是每英亩出价最高的区块，达到每英亩2083美元。
壳牌公司、EnVen能源公司、英国石油公司、雪佛龙公司和雷普索尔公司对当天举行的美国墨西哥湾油气租赁交易表现出了最大的兴趣，共提交了63份报价。壳牌公司的最高报价接近2800万美元。
石油公司对当天的拍卖所表现出的浓厚兴趣表明，尽管成本高昂、疫情严重、油价低迷，但他们仍对深水钻井活动感兴趣。
根据BOEM的统计数据，去年是美国石油产量创纪录的一年，达到了5.969亿桶，为美国政府贡献了近60亿美元的直接收入。
李峻 编译自 油价网
原文如下：
American Deepwater Oil Exploration Isn’t Dead
In a move that came as a surprise to some, today’s oil and gas lease round in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico generated substantial interest The sum of the high bids clocked in at $120 million, according to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
Of the 14,900 blocks offered in Sale 256, 93 received bids, for a total 517,732 acres that received bids. Twenty-three companies submitted bids.
The deepest blocks generated the most interest, with 36 of the 93 bids coming in for the blocks at 1600 or more meters, and nearly all of the interest was in water deeper than 800 feet.
The block generating the most interest was block NH16-10 Mississippi Canyon. The block that attracted the highest bid was the ultradeepwater block NG15-06 Walker Ridge, which went for almost $12 million to Repsol/Equinor. It was also the block that attracted the highest bid per acre, at $2,083 per acre.
Shell, EnVen Energy, BP, Chevron, and Repsol showed the most interest in today’s sale, submitting a total of 63 bids. Shell’s total high bids came to nearly $28 million.
The interest in today’s sale shows that there is still interest in deepwater drilling, despite the costs, despite the pandemic, and despite low oil prices.
2019 was a record year for oil production in the United States, according to the BOEM, boasting 596.9 million barrels that contributed nearly $6 billion in direct revenues to the government.