埃及授予三家石油巨头油气勘探特许权建阳

据国民报12月29日报道称，埃及授予美国石油巨头雪佛龙公司、英荷壳牌公司和阿布扎比的穆巴达拉公司在红海勘探石油和天然气的权利，以扩大其对新油气藏的勘探。

这个北非国家于今年早些时候在红海启动了第一轮开采许可，向雪佛龙公司和壳牌公司分别授予了一个区块，将第三个区块授予了穆巴达拉和壳牌公司。据该国石油部称，这些特许权的总占地面积为10,000平方公里，最低投资额为3.26亿美元（11.2亿迪拉姆）。

埃及是阿拉伯地区人口最多的国家，在2016年意大利能源巨头埃尼发现了巨大的Zohr油田后，一直在提供勘探权。该发现引发了人们在尼罗河三角洲和西部沙漠寻找更多油气资源的行动，埃及希望成为天然气净出口国，尤其是向欧洲市场出口天然气。

在授予西部和东部沙漠地区、尼罗河三角洲和苏伊士湾勘探许可证之后，埃及宣布发起包括红海区块在内的另一轮勘探权授予。

今年2月份，该国在红海沿岸划出了10个区块，旨在复制丰富的天然气资源，这有助于埃及大幅度减少其燃料进口。

今年早些时候，埃及还成功完成了其最大的一轮招标，向包括美国能源巨头埃克森美孚在内的公司颁发了12个许可证。

到今年年底，这个北非国家的Zohr油田资源产量将增至每天30亿立方英尺。该国还正在提高BP运营的北亚历山大·西尼罗河三角洲特许区块的产量。随着每天有4亿立方英尺的天然气投入生产，预计日产量将达到7亿立方英尺。

徐蕾 摘译自 国民报

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Egypt awards oil and gas exploration concessions to Chevron, Shell and Mubadala

Egypt awarded US oil major Chevron, Anglo-Dutch Shell and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala rights to explore for oil and gas in the Red Sea, as it expands its search for new hydr信封机ocarbon reserves.

The North African state, which launched its first licensing round in the Red Sea earlier this year, awarded one block each to Chevron and Shell and the third jointly to the Anglo-Dutch firm and Mubadala. The concessions cover a total acreage of 10,000 square kilometres, with a minimum investment of $326 million (Dh1.12 billion), according to the country's petroleum ministry.

Egypt, the Arab world’s most populous state, has been offering exploration rights following the discovery of the massive Zohr field by Italian energy major Eni in 2016. The find sparked a search for more hydrocarbon resources along the Nile Delta and western desert as the country looks to to become a net exporter of gas, particularly to markets in Europe.

Following the award of exploration licences to concessions in the western and eastern desert regions, the Nile Delta and the Gulf of Suez, Egypt announced its intention to launch another round that included blocks in the Red Sea.

The country in February tendered 10 blocks offshore the Red Sea, aiming to replicate the gas bonanza, which helped Egypt drasticall辽源y reduce its fuel imports.

Earlier this year, Egypt also successfully closed one of its largest bid rounds, awarding 12 licences to companies including US energy major Exxon Mobil.

The North African country will see production from its Zohr resource increase to more than 3 billion cubic feet per day by the end of this year. The country is also ramping up output from the North Alexandria West Nile Delta concessions operated by BP. Production is expected to reach 700 million cubic feet per day as 400 million cubic feet per day of gas comes on stream.