葡萄牙将开钻本国第一口深水海上勘探井

中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社7月2日里斯本报道，葡萄牙最大的能源企业Galp能源公司的勘探和生产主管托勒·克里斯蒂安森周一在里斯本表示，Galp不日将开始钻探本国第一口深水海上勘探井，但此井的成功希望不大。

这个由Galp和意大利埃尼公司组成的国际财团在阿连特茹地区维琴察海岸以外海域开发的项目已经引发了环境保护人士和当地政府的抗议。

克里斯蒂安森在出席在里斯本举行的一次石油工程活动时告诉路透社记者，这个项目所采集的地震数据让这个项目看起来“很有趣，我们至少得试一试”，即使结果是干井。

他说，合作伙伴们正在“校正”这个项目以便满足葡萄牙环境局5月份设定的各种条件，但他认为在钻探将在9月份开始之前不会有任何延误。

他补充说，葡萄牙首口深水海上勘探井所处的地质构造可能类似于沿加拿大东海岸的含油构造。

李峻 编译自 路透社

原文如下：

Galp To Start Drilling Exploration Well Offshore Portugal

Portuguese oil company Galp Energia is set to start drilling the country's first deep water offshore exploration well but with only modest hopes of success, its exploration and production director said on Monday.

The project, being developed by a consortium of Galp and Italy's ENI off the Alentejo region's Vicentine coast, known for its beaches and large natural park, has led to protests by environmental activists and local municipalities.

Thore Kristiansen told Reuters on the fringes of a petroleum engineering event in Lisbon the seismic data shots made the project look "interesting enough so that we at least have to try", even if turns out dry.

He said the partners were "calibrating" the project to meet various conditions set by the Portuguese Environmental Agency in May, but did not expect any delays before the drilling is due to begin in September.

"But this is frontier drilling. Nobody has done it before and there is a high likelihood that we will not find anything," he said, adding that the geological formation could be similar to the oil-containing structures along the eastern coast of Canada.