赤道几内亚今年将增加2万桶/天的石油产量

原标题：赤道几内亚今年将增加2万桶/天的石油产量

中国石化新闻网讯 据海事新闻1月13日消息称，赤道几内亚石油部长周日表示，到今年10月，该国石油日产量将增加2万桶。

Gabriel Obiang Lima在能源盛会期间对记者表示：“由于新发现，我们预计今年日产量将增加约2万桶。”

赤道几内亚是欧佩克(OPEC)的成员国，目前日产量为12万桶。

在被问及是否有必要将欧佩克+减产协议延长至3月以后时，这位欧佩克石油部长表示，如果油价维持在每桶60美元至70美元之间，就应该维持这一协议。

他说:“作为欧佩克成员国，如果油价在60美元到70美元之间，我们就很高兴了。如果我们进行评估，价格继续上涨，那么我们应该维持这一协议，并继续深化。”

他说，在该国2020年的预算中，油价预计为每桶51美元。Obiang Lima还表示，两家新炼油厂的协议和谅解备忘录将于4月份公布。

包括两座炼油厂在内的价值10亿美元的新能源项目计划于11月宣布。Lima表示，这两座炼油厂的建设预计将在年底前开工，这两家炼油厂的处理能力将达到每天4万桶原油。

赤道几内亚部长表示，该国可能还将在4月份宣布新一轮勘探区块招标。

他说：“今年4月，我们可能会宣布将要发放许可的新区块……这将是直接谈判。它们大约有4到5个区块。”美国石油巨头埃克森美孚计划剥离其在该国的业务，以及在全球范围内价值250亿美元的其他资产，以腾出资金集中在少数大型项目。

上周日，Obiang Lima表示，将在埃克森美孚撤资后于6月宣布谁将投资Zafiro油田。他表示:“我们正在与俄罗斯、英国和赤道几内亚的公司洽谈Zafiro油田的开发事宜。”他补充说，在油田的南部有一个他认为与该油田规模相当的发现。“Zafiro油田目前的日产量为9万桶。”

曹海斌 摘译自 海事新闻

原文如下：

Equatorial Guinea To Add 20,000 BPD of Oil Production This Year

Equatorial Guinea will add 20,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil production by October, the country's oil minister said on Sunday.

"We expect an increase this year of around 20,000 bpd additional because of the new discoveries," Gabriel Obiang Lima told reporters on the sidelines of an energy event.

Equatorial Guinea, a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), currently produces 120,000 bpd.

Asked about the need to extend the OPEC+ production cuts agreement beyond March, the minister said the deal should be maintained if the oil price range remains between $60 and $70 a barrel.

"As an OPEC member, if the price is between $60 to $70 then we are happy, we are achieving. If we do evaluation and that price continues then we should maintain the deal and continue forward," he said.

In the country's budget for 2020, the oil prices is forecast at $51 a barrel, he said. Obiang Lima also said agreements and memorandums of understanding for two new oil refineries would be announced in April.

Plans for new energy projects worth $1 billion, including the two refineries, were announced in November. Construction of the two refineries, which are expected to process up to 40,000 bpd of crude oil, is expected to start by the end of the year, Lima said.

Equatorial Guinea will also probably announce a new bidding round for several exploration blocks in April, the minister said.

"In April we are probably going to announce new blocks that will be put for licensing...it will be direct negotiations.. they are about four to five blocks," he said. U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil plans to shed its operations in the country along with $25 billion worth of other assets worldwide as it seeks to free up cash to focus on a handful of mega-projects.

On Sunday, Obiang Lima said an announcement would be made in June on who would invest in the Zafiro oilfield after Exxon exits. "For the development of Zafiro we are talking to companies from Russia, the UK and Equatorial Guinea itself," he said, adding that in the south of the field there is a discovery he believes is the same size as the field itself. "Production in Zafiro field is currently 90,000 (bpd)."