据油气新闻12月15日消息称，约旦能源部长周日表示，约旦国家石油公司(NPC)在其与伊拉克东部边境的里沙天然气田发现了“有前景的”新天然气储量。
Hala Zawati在一份声明中表示，今年钻探的几口新井的天然气流量“很有希望”，但最终结果将在年底公布后变得更加清晰。
官员说，里沙曾经被视为这个能源进口国的潜在天然气生命线，该国每天用于发电的天然气消费量约为3.5亿立方英尺(mcf)，其中里沙占了近5%。
Zawati说：“它显示出令人鼓舞的结果。这些努力导致了新的天然气供应的增加，这将提高气田的生产率。”
约旦官员一直希望在里沙进行密集的勘探和钻探将导致发现大量可采天然气，这将有助于减少约旦电力部门和工业对进口石油的依赖。
Zawati说，去年公布的一项雄心勃勃的10年能源计划旨在确保该国近一半的电力来自本地能源，目前这一比例为15%。
她补充说，这是通过扩大对可再生能源和页岩油的投资以减少昂贵的外国燃料进口来实现本地能源来源多样化的努力的一部分。
韩婷 摘译自 油气新闻
原文如下：
Jordan finds ‘promising’ gas finds near Iraq border
Jordan’s majority state-owned National Petroleum Company (NPC) has discovered “promising” new quantities of natural gas in the Risha gas field along its eastern border with Iraq, the energy minister said Hala Zawati said in a statement the flow of gas from a new well among several drilled this year was “promising” but would become clearer by year-end after final results appear.
Risha, “It has shown promising results..the efforts had resulted in the flow of new gas supplies that would raise the productivity of the gas field,” Zawati said.
Jordanian officials had long hoped intensive exploration and drilling at Risha would lead to the discovery of extensive recoverable gas reserves, which will help cut dependence Zawati said an ambitious 10-year energy plan unveiled last year aims to secure nearly half of the country’s electricity generation from local energy sources compared to a current 15%.
It was part of the effort to diversify local energy sources by expanding investments in renewable and oil shale to reduce costly foreign fuel imports, she added.
