中国石化新闻网讯 据今日石油网2022年12月9日报道，圭亚那总统周五（12月9日）凌晨宣布，圭亚那首次具有竞争性的海上区块招标开始，此次海上区块招标将向竞标者提供“250亿桶潜在原油储量”。
圭亚那此次海上招标将持续到2023年4月14日。随后将进行评估和谈判，并将在2023年5月确定颁发合同时间表。在招标开始时，参与者需要支付2万美元的费用，才能进入圭亚那政府设立的数据库。
他说：“我们希望国际公司最大限度地参与圭亚那首次具有竞争性的海上区块招标，圭亚那将成为为我们的国家和人民创造更大利益和更大胜利的合作伙伴关系的一部分。”
他解释说，已改善的财政条款使圭亚那政府和承包商之间的收入份额更加平衡，同时保持圭亚那在该地区的全球竞争优势。
他表示，圭亚那盆地吸引了全世界的关注，现在被贴上了增长最快的超级盆地的标签。与此同时，他强调，圭亚那政府明白，目前的环境使获得资金的途径变得复杂和艰难。因此，拍卖及其相关的示范协议是在考虑到这些因素的情况下精心制作的。
新协议将以10%的矿区使用费为基准，高于埃克森美孚公司在斯塔布鲁克区块获得的2%。75%的成本回收上限已降至65%。收回成本后，圭亚那政府和承包商仍将平分利润。此外，将征收10%的公司税，这是以前没有的。新条款规定，圭亚那政府从初始生产中收取27.5%的税，再加上公司税。
在此次拍卖的14个海上区块中，11个区块位于浅水区，3个区块位于超深水区c区，浅水区块的竞拍期为5年，深水区块的竞拍期为10年。所有承包商最初将持有这些区块3年，在此期间，他们预计将进行地震测量作业，并在地震测量作业结束时放弃50%的区块面积。浅水区块剩余的2年将被分成2个1年的勘探期，深水区块剩余的7年也将被分配用于勘探作业。
他解释说：“这一轮招标有强有力的合同承诺，有强有力的放弃义务。”
“我们了解世界的发展方向，”他如是说，“所以，对我们来说，让认真的开发商迅速开发圭亚那的石油和天然气资源是非常重要的。”
该国计划在12月9日晚些时候召开新闻发布会进一步详述此次招标。
自2015年以来，圭亚那斯塔布鲁克区块迄今已发现110亿桶油当量的石油和天然气储量。
李峻 编译自 今日石油网
原文如下：
Oil block auction opens for South America’s high-value basin, 25 billion
Guyana President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali announced the opening of the country’s first competitive offshore bidding, early Friday morning, offering “25 billion potential barrels” to entrants.
The round will be open until April 14, 2023. evaluations and negotiations will follow, with a timeline for awards set in May 2023. At open of the auction, participants will pay a US$20,000 fee that gives them access to the government’s data room.
“We are hoping that there will be maximum participation and that Guyana would be part of a partnership that creates greater benefit and greater wins for our country and our people,” Ali said.
The improved fiscal terms, he explained, provide greater balance of the share of revenue between the government and contractor, while maintaining Guyana’s competitive edge in the region globally.
The President said the Guyana basin has captivated the attention of the world, now labeled as the fastest growing super-basin. At the same time, he stressed that government understands that the current environment has complicated and increased access to capital. Hence, the auction and its associated model agreement have been crafted with these in mind.
A 10% royalty rate will head the new agreement, up from the 2% granted to Exxon for the Stabroek Block. The 75% cost recovery ceiling has been lowered to 65%. The sharing of profits after cost recovery will remain 50/50 between government and contractor. And a corporate tax of 10% will be instituted, where there was none before. The new terms have set government’s take from initial production, at 27.5% plus corporate tax.
Of the 14 blocks to be put up for auction, 11 will be situated in the shallow water, and three in the ultra-deepwater acreage called Area C. Shallow water blocks will be awarded for a period of five years, and deepwater blocks for 10 years. All contractors will hold the blocks for three years initially, during which they are expected to conduct seismic tests and relinquish 50% of the acreage at the end of the period. The remaining two years for shallow water blocks will be split into two>“Strong contractual commitments are in place for this bidding round [with] strong relinquishment obligations,” Ali explained.
“We understand the direction in which the world is going,” Ali said. “So, it’s very important for us to have developers who are serious, who will in an expeditious way move towards a development of the oil and gas resources.”
11 billion oil-equivalent barrels have been discovered in Guyana’s Stabroek Block since 2015.