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| 2019-03-15 来源： 中国石化新闻网 |
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中国石化新闻网讯 据离岸工程3月13日消息，美国海洋管理局(BOEM)计划于2019年8月在该地区范围内出售占地7800万英亩的区块，以支持美国政府的海上能源战略。 根据2017-2022年国家外大陆架(OCS)油气租赁计划，墨西哥湾地区计划进行10次区域租赁销售，每年举行两次租赁销售。 墨西哥湾OCS占地约1.6亿英亩，据估计含有约141万亿立方英尺未发现的可采天然气和约140亿桶未发现的可采石油。 此次出售包括墨西哥湾联邦水域所有可用的未释放海域。这一数字不包括毗邻或超出美国经济区、或位于花园银行国家海洋保护区(Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary)边界的、受国会禁令约束的区块。 租约253号将是该计划下的第五次海外销售。此次出售包括墨西哥湾西部、中部和东部规划区约14,699个未批租区块，水深从9英尺至1,115英尺不等。 Boem助理秘书长JoeBalash说：“海上石油和天然气资源对我们国家的能源组合和美国的能源安全至关重要。 “我们都受益于一个强大的海上能源项目，它提供了数千个高薪工作岗位，以及美国人需要的、负担得起的、可靠的能源，这些能源为我们的家庭供暖、为我们的汽车提供燃料，并为我们的经济提供动力。” 这些租赁所得将直接拨给美国财政部、土地和水资源保护基金(Land and Water Conservation Fund)、历史保护基金(Historic Preservation Fund)，以及毗邻墨西哥湾沿岸的德克萨斯州、路易斯安那州、密西西比州和阿拉巴马州。 拟议出售的租约包括保护“生物敏感资源”和受保护物种的条款，以及避免与该地区油气开发相关的潜在冲突。 BOEM代理董事Walter Cruickshank说:“国内海上油气开发对美国的经济和能源组合至关重要。 “BOEM的工作人员努力工作，以确保未来的发展能够在保护海洋生物和它们生活的环境的同时，解决我们国家的能源安全问题。” 尹路 编译自 离岸工程 原文如下： US schedules 78 million acre offshore lease sale in Gulf of Mexico The US Bureau of Ocean Management (BOEM) has proposed to offer blocks spanning 78 million acres for a region-wide lease sale scheduled for August 2019, in support of the US Government’s Offshore Energy Strategy. Under the 2017-2022 National Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 10 region-wide lease sales are scheduled for the Gulf of Mexico with two lease sales held each year. The Gulf of Mexico OCS covers approximately 160 million acres, and is estimated to contain about 141 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered recoverable gas and about 14 billion barrels of undiscovered recoverable oil. The sale includes all available unleased areas in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. This excludes blocks subject to congressional moratorium, adjacent to or beyond the US Economic Zone, or within the boundaries of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Lease Sale 253 will be the fifth offshore sale under the programme. The sale includes approximately 14,699 unleased blocks in the Gulf’s western, central and eastern planning areas in water depths ranging from 9ft to11,115ft. BOEM assistant secretary Joe Balash said: “Offshore oil and gas resources are essential to our nation’s energy portfolio and America’s energy security. “We all benefit from a strong offshore energy programme, which provides thousands of well-paid jobs, and affordable, reliable energy that Americans need to heat homes, fuel our cars, and power our economy.” The revenue from these leases will be directed to the US Treasury, the Land and Water Conservation Fund, the Historic Preservation Fund and the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, which border the Gulf Coast. The leases from the proposed sale include stipulations to protect ‘biologically sensitive resources’ and protected species, as well as avoid potential conflicts associated with oil and gas development in the area. BOEM acting director Walter Cruickshank said: “Domestic offshore oil and gas development is critical for America’s economy and energy portfolio. “BOEM’s staff works hard to help ensure future development is done in a manner that addresses our nation’s energy security, while protecting marine life and the environment in which they live.”
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