英国第一季度石油产量增长9％

中国石化新闻网讯 据今日原油价格网5月30日消息，标准普尔全球普氏能源资讯(S&P Global Platts)周四援引英国商业、能源和工业战略部门的统计数据称，英国原油和天然气液体(NGL)产量在2019年第一季度以每年9%的速度增长，达到118万桶/天。

根据普氏资讯引用的政府统计数据，仅英国一季度的原油产量就增长了11%，达到108万桶/天，这是英国石油和天然气行业的一个可喜信号，由于北海项目的启动，该行业在近几个月内扭转了长达数年的下降趋势。

根据英国商务、能源和工业战略部的数据，2018年的临时数据显示，与2017年相比，英国原油和液化天然气产量增长了8.9%，主要是由于英国大陆架（UKC）的多个新项目于2017年和2018年末上线，并逐年增加产量。

2018年11月，英国石油公司及其合作伙伴开始在设得兰地区西部英国近海的巨型克莱尔岭项目投产。该项目的目标是6.4亿桶石油储量，预计最高日产量为12万桶。

根据英国石油和天然气管理局(OGA)的数据，英国的石油储量仍处于相当高的水平，总体剩余可采储量和石油当量在100亿至200亿桶之间。英国石油公司目前已探明的和可能的储量可以再维持20年的生产。

英国石油天然气工业协会(oil & gas UK)在今年早些时候发布的最新年度商业展望中表示，在连续14年减产之后，英国石油公司过去5年的油气产量增加了20%。

该协会补充称，英国北海的勘探活动无疑正在升温，今年可能钻探多达15口新油井。该协会指出，这一势头需要保持下去，因为预计2020年后产量将开始再次下降。

尹路 编译自 今日原油价格

原文如下：

UK Oil Production Up 9% In First Quarter

The UK’s crude and natural gas liquids (NGL) production increased by 9 percent annually to reach 1.18 million bpd in the first quarter of 2019, S&P Global Platts quoted statistics from the UK Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy as showing on Thursday.

The UK’s crude oil production alone increased by 11 percent to 1.08 million bpd in Q1, according to the government statistics quoted by Platts—a welcome sign for the UK oil and gas industry which has managed to reverse a years-long downward trend in recent months, thanks to start-ups of projects in the North Sea.

According to the UK Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, provisional figures for 2018 showed that UK crude oil and NGL production rose by 8.9 percent compared to 2017, mainly due to multiple new projects on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) coming online in late 2017 and 2018 and increasing production through the year.

In November of 2018, BP and its co-venturers started up production at the giant Clair Ridge project in the West of Shetland region offshore UK. The project is targeting 640 million barrels of oil reserves and is expected to have peak production of 120,000 bpd.

The UK’s petroleum reserves remain at a significant level, with overall remaining recoverable reserves and resources ranging from 10 to 20 billion barrels plus of oil equivalent, according to the UK Oil and Gas Authority (OGA). Currently proven and probable reserves on the UKCS can sustain production for another 20 years.

The UKCS yielded 20 percent more oil and gas in the last five years after 14 consecutive years of production declines, the industry’s association, Oil & Gas UK, said in its latest annual Business Outlook earlier this year.

Exploration in the UK’s North Sea is definitely picking up and this year could see the drilling of up to 15 new wells, the association added. This is momentum that needs to be maintained, the association noted, as expectations were for another decline in production to begin after 2020.