圭亚那即将与埃克森美孚就Payara项目达成协议

    中国石化新闻网讯 据OE网站9月25日报道，圭亚那高级政府官员周五表示，圭亚那即将与埃克森美孚公司达成协议，以批准该公司的Payara项目，此前该公司承诺对燃气和废水进行严格的环境限制。

    埃克森美孚及其合作伙伴赫斯公司（Hess Corp）预计最终将从Payara日产22万桶原油。Payara是埃克森美孚在南非沿海Stabroek区块的第三个主要石油开发项目。

    这些公司总共在圭亚那附近发现了超过80亿桶的可采资源。 该发现有望改变这个人口不足80万的贫穷小国的经济，改写该国去年年底之前没有石油生产史。

    在经过几个月的政府审查之后，Payara取得了突破，该审查被推迟的部分原因是有争议的3月选举和8月的权力移交。 埃克森美孚警告称，这一拖延将危及其在2023年启动该项目的计划。

    自然资源部长维克拉姆•巴拉特(Vickram Bharrat)对路透表示:“双方达成一项切实可行的协议几乎已经到了最后阶段。”“一旦内阁批准，就会有一个公开签字仪式。”

    埃克森美孚发言人表示，公司仍在与政府合作，"以获得开发Payara海上油田的最终批准。在获得所有所需的政府批准后，我们将寻求开发该油田的最终投资决定。

    巴拉特表示，埃克森美孚已承诺限制天然气燃烧，并将废水处理至"国际标准"，然后再将其放回海洋。政府称，该公司旗舰项目Liza的原油早期生产一直受到这些问题的困扰。该项目于去年12月开始投产。

    郝芬 译自 OE

    原文如下：

    Guyana Nears Deal with Exxon for Payara Project

    Guyana is close to reaching a deal with Exxon Mobil Corp to approve the company's Payara project, after the company committed to stricter environmental restrictions on gas flaring and wastewater, a top government official said on Friday.

    Exxon, along with consortium partners Hess Corp expects to eventually produce 220,000 barrels per day of crude from Payara, its third major oil development in the Stabroek block off the South American country's coast.

    The companies have overall discovered more than 8 billion barrels of recoverable resource off Guyana. The discovery is poised to transform the economy of the small, poor country of fewer than 800,000 people, which had no history of oil production before late last year.

    The breakthrough on Payara came after a months-long government review, which was delayed in part due to a contentious March election and transfer of power in August. Exxon had warned the delays put its plans to bring the project online in 2023 in jeopardy.

    "We are almost in the final lap to having a workable agreement for both sides," Natural Resources Minister Vickram Bharrat told Reuters. "Once cabinet gives the green light, there will be a public signing."

    An Exxon spokesman said the company is still working with the government "to obtain final approvals for the development of the Payara offshore oil field."

    "Upon receiving all required government approvals, we will seek a final investment decision to develop the field," the spokesman said.

    Bharrat said Exxon had committed to limit gas flaring and treat wastewater to "international standards" before returning it to the ocean, issues the government says have plagued the early phases of crude output from the company's flagship Liza project, which began output last December.