哥伦比亚私营石油公司准备复苏该国能源行业

    中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社8月26日波哥大报道，生产商协会表示，哥伦比亚私营石油和天然气公司随时准备在2020年余下时间内投资约7.15亿美元，以帮助重振能源行业。

    安第斯国家政府将于八月底解除长达五个月的隔离。

    3月下旬实施的封锁旨在阻止新型冠状病毒的传播，尽管许多部门已经在严格的安全措施下恢复工作。

    哥伦比亚石油协会(ACP)主席Francisco Lloreda周一晚间在一份声明中称，“哥伦比亚私营公司准备在2020年投资近7.15亿美元，作为资源的一部分，这将对复兴进程至关重要。”

    他说：“我们知道该国在石油，天然气，陆上，海上和非常规矿藏等方面的潜力，这可能成为地方和国家收入和经济实力的一个来源。”

    Lloreda说，为了确保有经济资源，必须采取措施，其中包括以有竞争力的价格解决天然气运输的管道成本，同时必须完成计划于2021年启动的海上项目的技术和环境法规。

    他补充说，其他重要领域包括推进非常规矿藏的试点项目，解决石油管道成本，以及确保环境许可证有效和高效等。

    2020年初，哥伦比亚石油协会(ACP)表示，对哥伦比亚石油和天然气行业的投资将增加23%，达到49.7亿美元。

    但在4月份，该组织表示，由于油价下跌，私营石油公司的计划投资将减少10亿美元。

    政府已将今年的石油日产量预期下调至82万至85万桶之间。2019年，该国日均产量为88.5851万桶。

    沈韩晔 摘译自 路透社

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    Colombia's private oil companies say ready to invest $715 mln in recovery

    Private oil and gas companies in Colombia stand ready to invest some $715 million during the rest of 2020 to help kick-start the energy sector, the producers association said.

    The Andean country's government will lift a five-month-long quarantine at the end of August.

    The lockdown, imposed in late March, was meant to halt the spread of novel coronavirus, although many sectors have already returned to work under strict safety measures.

    "Private companies in Colombia are ready to invest close to $715 million in 2020 as part of resources that will be fundamental for the reactivation process," Francisco Lloreda, president of the Colombian Petroleum Association (ACP), said in a statement late on Monday.

    "We know the potential the country has in oil and gas, in onshore, offshore, and non-conventional deposits among others, which could be a source of income and economic strength both regionally and nationally," he said.

    To ensure economic resources are available, measures must be taken which include addressing pipeline costs for transporting gas at competitive prices, while technical and environmental regulations for offshore projects slated to start in 2021 must be completed, Lloreda said.

    Other important areas include progressing on pilot projects for non-conventional deposits, addressing oil pipeline costs, and assuring environmental licenses are effective and efficient, among others, he added.

    At the start of 2020, the ACP said investment in Colombia's oil and gas industry would rise 23 per cent to $4.97 billion.

    However in April, the group said planned investments by private oil companies would fall by $1 billion due to the fall in oil prices.

    The government has cut its oil production outlook for the year to a range of between 820,000 and 850,000 barrels a day. In 2019, the country produced an average of 885,851 barrels a day.