据油价网6月23日消息称，挪威石油和能源部周三表示，挪威在北极边境地区颁发了四个新的勘探许可证，以支持其油气行业，并创造价值和就业机会。
作为第25轮许可证发放的一部分，挪威石油和能源部已经向7家公司提供了4个生产许可证的股份或经营权，其中一个在挪威海，三个在巴伦支海。所谓的编号许可轮通常包括挪威大陆架(NCS)的边界部分。
挪威石油部表示，这些地区将是最有可能拥有大型新发现油田的前沿地区。
挪威能源部长Tina Bru去年在部长提出扩大石油和天然气勘探区域时表示，挪威需要新的发现，以维持其最重要的行业之一及其供应链的就业，尤其是在过去几个月充满挑战之后。
在2020年11月宣布的第25轮许可中，公司可以申请9个不同地区的许可证，其中8个在巴伦支海，一个在挪威海。
该部今天表示，经过评估，挪威将股权和/或运营权授予壳牌、Equinor、日本出光石油公司、英力士勘探生产挪威公司、伦丁石油公司、OMV(挪威)等。
本月早些时候，挪威政府表示，它将赌注押在海上风能、氢气和电气化上，以实现其在巴黎协定下的承诺，但其石油和天然气部门将继续在长期创造就业、经济增长前景和国家价值方面发挥重要作用。
挪威是西欧最大的石油生产国，正准备迎接能源转型，但政府的白皮书“让能源投入工作”显示，它相信可以在其气候政策范围内开发石油资源以实现低排放生产。
Bru部长表示:“政府石油政策的主要目标是促进油气行业的长期盈利生产。”
朱佳妮 摘译自 油价网
原文如下：
Norway Expands Arctic Oil Exploration
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“The main goal of the government’s petroleum policy - to facilitate profitable production in the oil and gas industry in a long term perspective - is firmly in place,” minister Bru said.