道达尔重启安哥拉石油钻探项目

    中国石化新闻网讯 据离岸工程网站8月17日消息 法国道达尔公司主席Olivier Jouny周一对《非洲石油与电力》表示，法国道达尔公司已重启在安哥拉的石油开采，新的勘探船也将很快恢复工作。

    今年早些时候，随着冠状病毒大流行，全球石油价格暴跌，该非洲第二大石油出口国的所有钻探活动都被迫停止。

    “Skyros钻井平台已经在32号区块，Maersk Voyager将于8月底重启。我们还将重新启动West Gemini。”

    道达尔在2020年初有四台钻机在运营，今年的原油产量可能在60万桶/天左右，作为安哥拉最大的外国运营商，占全国产量的近一半。

    Jouny 补充道：“为了抵消产量下降……道达尔正在研究发展，这将维持中期的道达尔运营生产水平。”

    由于油田老化和缺乏投资，安哥拉石油产量长期下滑，暂停了勘探。

    安哥拉当局试图出售包括安哥拉国家石油公司的部分股权在内的主要国有石油资产，并吸引外国投资。

    吴恒磊 编译自 离岸工程

    原文如下：

    Total Resumes Angola Oil Drilling

    France's Total has restarted oil drilling in Angola and new exploration ships will also soon resume work, the company's country chair Olivier Jouny told trade publication Africa Oil & Power on Monday.

    All drilling activity ground to a halt in Africa's second biggest oil exporter earlier this year as global oil prices cratered amid the coronavirus pandemic.

    "The Skyros rig is already on Block 32 and the Maersk Voyager is due to restart end-August ... we will also restart West Gemini," Jouny said.

    Total had four drilling rigs operating at the start of 2020 and, with crude production likely at around 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) for the year, is the top foreign operator in Angola, accounting for nearly half of national production.

    "To offset declining production ... Total is studying developments", Jouny added, which "will sustain Total operated production levels for the mid-term".

    The halt to exploration came amid a long-term slump in Angola's production volumes due to ageing fields and lack of investment.

    It dealt a setback to a drive by Angolan authorities to sell off key state oil assets, including parts of the state oil company Sonangol, and to drum up foreign investment.