挪威國家石油公司計劃將在未來幾年內將油氣勘探的重心由本國移到北極區域。公司在挪威的勘探主管向路透社記者透露，由于原油價格暴跌導致公司在本國的勘探開發受阻。
未來幾年的勘探開發對挪威國家石油公司未來的產油量至關重要。如果沒有發現新的儲量區塊，公司的產油量會在2025年后在現有水平基礎上下降。新區塊從發現到陸續投產一般需要15年的時間。
當被問及在挪威的勘探規模減小是否為永久性時，挪威國家石油公司負責英國和挪威開發的主管表示相比今年未來幾年的勘探規模將有所增大。
他在一次石油會議的間隙表示：我們正在尋求第23個勘探許可以期在本次勘探中有所收獲。
所謂的第23個勘探許可是北極地區重要的石油許可證，該許可允許公司開發與俄羅斯接壤的北極地區未開發的Barents海。改許可預計將在七月前宣布。
雖然地質風險較高，但我們有了勘探更大儲量的機會，挪威國家石油公司如果要保持現有產量水平到2030年，冒這樣的風險是應當的。
挪威海上接近一半的未探明儲量位于Barents海。從2014年中期開始油價已暴跌62%，由于缺少基礎設施且開發成本較高，在北極區域的勘探開發陷入停滯。
Averty表示公司一直在努力使北極區域的開發如Barents海的開發一樣獲得商業價值。
周二，挪威國家石油公司針對Barents海開發情況提出了一套新的稱之為Cap-X的技術方案，該方案可降低成本，同時提高海底開發的效果。
Averty表示：“近期反對Barents海開發的一個主要原因是開發沒有經濟效益，而Cap-X技術可確保獲得經濟效益?！?/span>
然而，一些公司并不認同挪威國家石油公司的這一做法。Shell在本月早些時候已撤銷了第23個勘探許可申請，其他的諸如ExxonMobil, Eni 和 Total公司直接就沒有申請，其部分原因是這些公司正在世界其他地區尋找大的石油儲量區塊。
Shell公司挪威負責人在周二的會議上表示：“相比于在Barents海進行勘探，我們會傾向于那些會快速獲得收益的區塊上”。
來自/Rigzone ?4月20日消息 ?編譯/吳海君
HAMMERFEST, Norway, April 20 (Reuters) – Oil firm Statoil is looking to a rebound in exploration activity offshore Norway in the next few years with a focus on the Arctic, having curbed activity due to the oil price slump, the firm’s exploration chief for Norway told Reuters.
Exploration activity in the coming years is crucial to secure Statoil’s future production in its home base, which faces a decline from current levels after 2025 if mature fields are not replaced by new resources. It can take up to 15 years from discovery to a field to come on stream.
Asked whether a drop in exploration levels in Norway this year would be permanent, Jez Averty, Statoil’s head of exploration for Britain and Norway said: “We believe that it is lower (this year) than in the years to come.”
“We’re looking to the 23rd round to trigger an uptick in activity for us,” he said on the sidelines of an oil conference.
The so-called 23rd round is an Arctic-focused oil licensing round, set to open unexplored acreage in the Barents Sea in the Arctic, closer to the country’s border with Russia. The awards are expected to be announced before July.
“This gives us the opportunity to chase larger discoveries, all be it at a higher geological risk,” Averty said, adding that such discoveries were absolutely necessary if Statoil is to preserve production at today’s levels until 2030.
Around half of the undiscovered resources offshore Norway lie in the Barents Sea. But a 62 percent drop in crude prices since mid-2014 has put a break on activities in the Arctic, where it is more costly to develop projects, mainly due to the lack of infrastructure.
“We have struggled to commercialize the discoveries that have been made (in the Barents Sea),” Averty said.
On Tuesday Statoil presented a new set of technologies tailored for the Barents Sea, known as Cap-X, designed to reduce costs and increase the efficiency of subsea developments.
“One of the accusations that has been used against opening up the Barents recently is that it will never be economic. This (Cap-X) is very important in ensuring that it can be economic,” Averty said.
However, not everyone sees the same possibilities as Statoil. Shell withdrew its application from the 23rd licensing round earlier this month, while other majors such as ExxonMobil, Eni and Total did not apply, partly because they are searching for larger discoveries in other parts of the world.
“We have to bet on the business opportunities which give quicker revenues than a discovery in the Barents Sea,” Shell’s head of activities in Norway told the conference on Tuesday.
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