苏里南国家石油公司计划出售债券

中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社帕拉马里博8月15日报道，苏里南国家石油公司Staatsolie首席执行官周四表示，该公司正计划明年发行债券，为海上石油勘探提供资金，该公司正试图利用邻国圭亚那即将到来石油繁荣的利好。

该公司高管Rudolf Elias告诉记者，公司还将考虑在纽约或伦敦股票交易所上市，以帮助筹集10亿至20亿美元的资金，开发其海上钻探计划。

Elias称，他乐观地认为，Staatsolie或其伙伴公司之一将很快开采石油。

它预计在三个星期内就会有海上油井的开采结果，同时，美国阿帕奇公司将于下月开始钻探。

Elias在一次新闻发布会上说：“一旦我们有了石油，而且我们知道在我们国家的哪里可以找到石油，我希望，就像圭亚那一样，我们会陆续找到石油。对于Staatsolie，同时也对于苏里南，有非常令人兴奋的前景在前面。"

Elias在记者招待会后告诉路透社，出售债券所得将用于资助Staatsolie参加未来的石油勘探活动。

到目前为止，苏里南还没有发现任何商业上可行的海上石油。去年，科莫斯能源公司在苏里南的海上油井勘探失败后放弃了该油井，但表示由于该区域存在潜力，计划继续测试该盆地。

Staatsolie在首都帕拉马里博附近经营着一家日产量17000桶的炼油厂，目前该厂平均每天加工16383桶原油，该公司周四发布消息称，2018财年，该公司税前盈利1.49亿美元。

詹晓晶 摘自 路透社

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Eyeing offshore discovery, Suriname's state oil company plans bond sale

Suriname’s state-owned oil company is planning a bond sale next year to finance offshore oil exploration, its chief executive said on Thursday, as it seeks to capitalize on growing hype over neighboring Guyana’s looming oil boom.

The company, Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname, would also consider listing some of its shares on the New York or London stock exchanges to help raise between $1 billion and $2 billion to develop its offshore drilling program, the executive, Rudolf Elias, told reporters.

Elias said he was optimistic that Staatsolie or one of its partner companies would strike oil soon.

It is expecting the results of a near-shore prospect well in three weeks, and the United States’ Apache Corp is set to start drilling next month.

“Once we have that, and we know where to look for oil in our area, I expect that, like Guyana, we will get one find after another,” Elias said in a press conference. “For Staatsolie, but also for Suriname, there are very exciting times ahead.”

Proceeds from the bond sale would be used to finance Staatsolie’s participation in future oil exploration campaigns, Elias told Reuters after the press conference.

Suriname has not made any commercially viable offshore oil discoveries so far. Last year, Kosmos Energy abandoned an offshore well in Suriname after failing to make a discovery, but said it planned to continue testing the basin due to its potential.

Staatsolie, which operates a 17,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery near capital Paramaribo, currently produces an average of 16,383 bpd of crude. The company turned a profit of $149 million before taxes in fiscal 2018, it said in a release on Thursday.