Tullow Oil在Erut前景区打完初探井之后,又宣布在肯尼亚南部的Lokichar盆地进行新一轮的勘探活动。Africa Oil 在新闻发布会上说道,Erut-1探井的主要钻探目的在于了解盆地北部Block 13T区块的构造背景,这口井也被视为是Etom-2区的跟踪井。第二口井的产层厚度达102m,被认为是该盆地目前具有最优质储层的井。这家联合公司打算钻探四口井,其中两口井主要针对Erut和另一前景区,位于Etom南部的Etete,另外两口井分别打在Ngamia和Amosing区块,均为评价井。Africa Oil CEO Keith Hill表示,这些探井是推进Lokichar盆地开发项目的重要依据。
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Iran is planning to increase gas extraction from South Pars Gas Field to the same level extracted by Qatar this year. Iran is extracting 270,000 bpd of oil from the joint oilfields, added , vice president for executive affairs at South Pars, according to the report, which cited Irna.The country is now producing up to 3.8 mbd of oil and is exporting 2.3 mbd, he revealed. Iran has begun investing $5 billion in the petrochemical sector and aims to build 12 more petrochemical complexes across the country, he said.Meanwhile, Ali Kardor, managing director of National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) state that production from an oilfield of the South Pars complex will begin by March 2017, the newspaper reported. Iranian companies involved in the development of the first phase of the South Pars aim to produce 35,000 barrels of crude oil per day, he added.
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澳大利亚伍德塞德(Woodside)石油公司同意以4亿美元收购必和必拓公司(BHP Billiton)位于澳大利亚西岸Scarborough地区Carnarvon盆地50%的天然气资产。9月5日,Woodside表示:收购包括WA-1-R25%股份及WA-62-R50%股份,涉及Scarborough气田。Woodside也将收购WA-61-R及WA-63-R50%股份,涉及Jupiter 及Thebe气田。Woodside将运营WA-61-R、 WA-62-R 及 WA-63-R,而埃克森美孚公司(ExxonMobil)将运营WA-1-R。Woodside将在交易完成后支付BHP Billiton2.5亿美元,并为发展Scarborough气田的最终投资决定支付或有支付1.5亿美元。交易于2016年7月1日生效。BHP上年经营不善、出现自BHP and Billiton合并15年来首次全年亏损。
来自/Natural Gas Europe 9月5日消息 编译/孔艳坤 石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Australian energy major Woodside has agreed to buy half of BHP Billiton’s Scarborough area assets in the Carnarvon Basin, located offshore Western Australia for $400mn.On September 5, Woodside said the acquisition includes a 25% interest in WA-1-R and a 50% interest in WA-62-R, which together contain the Scarborough gas field. Woodside will also acquire a 50% interest in WA-61-R and WA-63-R which contain the Jupiter and Thebe gas fields.Woodside will operate WA-61-R, WA-62-R and WA-63-R. ExxonMobil is the operator of WA-1-R.Woodside will pay BHP Billiton $250mn on completion of the transaction and a contingent payment of $150mn upon a positive final investment decision to develop the Scarborough field. The effective date of the transaction is July 1, 2016.BHP has had a really bad year. It reported its first full year loss since BHP and Billiton merged about decade and half ago.
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