石油圈中國石化新聞網訊 據道瓊斯11月23日消息，英國石油公司(BP)周五宣布，英國數十年來最大之一的新石油開發項目已經投產，標志著這個用時七年、投入數十億美元的項目終于完成。 這個位于北海的Clair Ridge的大型石油開發項目將提振英國石油行業產量。英國石油產量在2000年前后見頂，隨后逐年下滑。 曾被認為開發難度太大的石油項目現在已成為英國的一個關鍵增長點。以Clair Ridge為例，這個項目是1977年首次發現的一塊油田的一部分，據估計總儲量為70億桶，但多年來的實踐證明，這個項目開發難度很大，成本也很高。 直到2005年，這塊油田的第一個項目才開始生產，最新階段的開發于2011年獲得批準。BP與荷蘭皇家殼牌集團、雪佛龍公司和康菲石油公司為擴大這塊油田的產出已聯手投入了超過58億美元資金。 Clair Ridge的產量峰值預計為12萬桶/天，生產年限預計為40年。上述公司正在評估該油田第三階段項目的潛力，以便進一步擴大產量。 唐紹紅 摘譯自 道瓊斯 原文如下： BP Starts Production at Massive North Sea Oil Development BP PLC has begun production from one of the U.K.’s biggest new oil developments in decades, the company said Friday, completing a project seven years and billions of dollars in the making. The huge Clair Ridge project, located in the North Sea, will give a boost to the U.K.’s oil sector, where production peaked around 2000 before going into years of decline. Once thought too difficult to develop, it’s now a key area of growth for the U.K. For instance, the Clair Ridge development is part of a field that was first discovered in 1977 — an estimated 7 billion barrel whale that for years proved too challenging and costly to exploit. It took until 2005 for the first project on the field to start producing, with the latest stage of development approved in 2011. BP and its partners — Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Chevron Corp. and ConocoPhillips — poured more than $5.8 billion into expanding the field’s output. Clair Ridge is expected to reach a production plateau at a peak of 120,000 barrels of oil a day and is designed to run for 40 years. The companies are currently evaluating the potential for a third project within the field to expand output even further. ?
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