据道琼斯7月15日消息，壳牌表示，公司已经在墨西哥湾东部Norphlet深水区块第三次有重大石油发现。

　　壳牌的Rydberg井位于距海岸线75英里处，水深为7479英尺。该井已经钻取到26371英尺深处，遇到逾400英尺厚的净石油层。壳牌预计此次发现估计含有1亿桶石油当量。

　　最新的发现已经令壳牌公司在Norphlet区块的潜在储量超过7亿桶石油当量。

　　壳牌作为Rydberg发现的作业者拥有57.2%的权益，哥伦比亚国家石油公司Ecopetrol旗下美国子公司持有28.5%的权益，中海油旗下尼克森子公司拥有14.3%的权益。

　　庞晓华摘译自道琼斯

　　原文如下：

　　Shell Reports Deepwater Discovery in Eastern Gulf of Mexico

　　By Tess Stynes

　　Royal Dutch Shell PLC said it made a third major oil discovery in the Norphlet play in deep waters of the eastern Gulf of Mexico。

　　Shell's Rydberg well is 75 miles offshore in 7,479 feet of water. The well, which was drilled to a depth of 26,371 feet, encountered more than 400 feet of net oil pay. Shell expects the discovery contains an estimated 100 million barrels of oil equivalent。

　　The latest discovery brings Shell's total potential discoveries in the Norphlet play to more than 700 million barrels of oil equivalent。

　　Shell has an operator interest in the Rydberg discovery of 57.2%. The U.S. affiliate of Colombia's state-run oil company Ecopetrol SA has a 28.5% interest and the Nexen subsidiary of Chinese oil major Cnooc Ltd. has a 14.3% stake。

　　（原文转自中国石化新闻网）