据4月26日Neftegaz.RU. 报道，挪威国家石油公司(Equinor)及其合作伙伴Petoro、道达尔Total、Neptune和Wintershall Dea决定开发位于巴伦支海南部的Askeladd Vest项目。该项目的投资接近3.84亿美元。
Equinor项目开发高级副总裁Geir Tungesvik表示:“Askeladd Vest是一个有利可图的开发项目，将为市场提供1.34亿桶石油。作为Sn?hvit多个开发阶段的一部分，Askeladd Vest将把Hammerfest液化天然气工厂的平台作业时间延长两年。”
按计划要求，该项目将在2024年上半年开始生产。
Sn?hvit项目没有地上设施，需要将天然气运到陆地进行液化，并从欧洲第一个液化天然气工厂出口，这也是世界上最北的液化天然气设施。
Equinor负责北方业务的高级副总裁Kristin Westvik表示:“通过增加Hammerfest液化天然气的资源基础，Askeladd Vest将为支持我们在北部地区长期运营的远大目标做出重要贡献。这将使我们能够进一步加强我们在这一地区活动的连锁效应，这对Equinor及我们的合作伙伴的未来来说，很重要。”
王佳晶 摘译自 Neftegaz.RU.
原文如下：
Equinor and partners to invest $384 million in Barents Sea project
Norway’s Equinor and its partners Petoro, Total, Neptune, and Wintershall Dea have decided to develop the Askeladd Vest project, which is located in the southern Barents Sea.
The investment in the project is close to $384 million.
Geir Tungesvik, Equinor’s senior VP for project development, said:
The Askeladd Vest development is a profitable development and will provide 134 million barrels of oil equivalent
Equinor noted that, as part of the multi-phased Sn?hvit development, Askeladd Vest will extend plateau production at the Hammerfest LNG plant by a good 2 years.
Plans call for the production to start in the 1st half of 2024.
Without surface installations, the Sn?hvit project involves bringing natural gas to land for liquefaction and export from the 1st plant of its kind in Europe and the world’s northernmost LNG facility.
Kristin Westvik, Equinor’s senior VP for operations north, said:
By increasing the resource base for Hammerfest LNG, Askeladd Vest will be an important contribution in supporting our ambition of long-term presence in the north
This will allow us to further strengthen the ripple effects of our activities in this part of the country, which is important to Equinor and its partners in the time ahead.