据世界石油12月10日消息称，阿布扎比国家石油公司ADNOC周三在一份声明中说，该公司选择了西方石油公司在阿联酋与阿曼接壤的沙漠中的一个区块勘探石油和天然气。该区块毗邻ADNOC去年授予西方石油公司的一个勘探区。
总部位于休斯顿的西方石油公司计划在勘探阶段向这个被称为“陆上5号区块”的新区块投资多达1.4亿美元。
阿布扎比是阿联酋的首都，也是其最大的酋长国，该国几乎所有的石油都产自它的油田。负责制定阿布扎比能源政策的最高石油委员会上个月批准了一项1220亿美元的预算，以帮助ADNOC在2030年前将日产量提高四分之一至500万桶。
西方石油公司的合同不会立即对阿联酋的石油产量产生影响，因为此类勘探协议可能需要数年时间才能产出具有商业价值的碳氢化合物。如果这家美国公司发现了石油或天然气，它可以与ADNOC合作获得35年的特许权。
ADNOC首席执行官Sultan Al Jaber在声明中表示:“这个陆上区块提供了具有大量常规油气潜力的新区块。该合同表明，ADNOC和阿布扎比决心继续成为全球长期可靠的能源供应商。”
韩婷 摘译自 世界石油
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ADNOC and Oxy team up to boost UAE’s oil and gas output
Government-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. picked Occidental to explore for oil and natural gas at a block in the desert along the UAE’s border with Oman, ADNOC said Wednesday in a statement. The block is adjacent to an exploration area that ADNOC awarded to Occidental last year.
Houston-based Occidental is set to invest as much as $140 million in the new area, known as Abu Dhabi is the UAE’s capital and largest emirate, and its fields produce almost all of the country’s oil. The Supreme Petroleum Council, which sets Abu Dhabi’s energy policy, last month approved a $122 billion budget to help ADNOC boost production capacity by a fourth to 5 million barrels a day by 2030.
The Occidental award won’t have an immediate effect “This onshore block offers new areas with significant amounts of conventional oil and gas potential,” ADNOC Chief Executive Office Sultan Al Jaber said in the statement. “The award signals ADNOC and Abu Dhabi’s drive to remain a long-term and reliable energy provider to the world.”
