埃克森美孚将从圭亚那装载首批原油

原标题：埃克森美孚将从圭亚那装载首批原油

中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社1月17日乔治城/休斯敦报道，埃克森美孚周五对路透社表示，圭亚那出口的第一批原油将于本周末开始装船，以便在埃克森美孚的炼油系统进行加工。

埃克森美孚迄今为止已在圭亚那发现了15处石油储藏，将一项高风险的勘探项目变成了全球最有希望的大型石油项目之一。该公司有权从利萨(Liza)油田出口前两批原油，该油田由其与总部位于美国的赫斯集团和中海油共享。

由埃克森美孚牵头的财团在圭亚那近海发现了超过60亿桶可开采的石油和天然气资源，最终可能达到75万桶/天的产量。

这些发现正将圭亚那这个贫穷，没有原油生产历史，长期贫困国家变成了石油投资的热土。

由马绍尔群岛标记的油轮Yannis P号上周五抵达圭亚那水域。根据Refinitiv Eikon的船只追踪数据，该公司计划运输多达100万桶圭亚那的利萨原油，并将于1月下旬运抵英国。

两批埃克森美孚之后的货物将在二月份由赫斯公司和圭亚那政府接管。政府已通过公开市场招标，将第三批出产的首批利萨原油授予荷兰皇家壳牌。

圭亚那的第一批原油生产在12月提前开始。

裘寅 编译自 路透社

原文如下：

UPDATE 1-Exxon to start loading first crude cargo from Guyana this weekend

The first-ever cargo of Guyana’s crude for export is scheduled to begin loading this weekend so the oil can be processed at Exxon Mobil’s refining system, the company told Reuters on Friday.

Exxon has so far made 15 discoveries of oil reserves in Guyana, turning a risky exploration venture into one of the world’s most promising oil mega-projects. The company is entitled to the first two crude cargoes to be exported from the Liza field, which it shares with U.S.-based Hess Corp and China’s CNOOC.

The Exxon-led consortium has discovered more than 6 billion barrels of recoverable oil and gas resources off Guyana’s coast, which could eventually produce 750,000 barrels per day.

Those finds are turning Guyana, an impoverished nation with no history of crude output, into a hot property for oil investment.

The tanker Yannis P, flagged by the Marshall Islands, arrived on Friday in Guyanese waters. It plans to transport up to 1 million barrels of Guyana’s Liza crude, which would arrive into the United Kingdom in late January, according to Refinitiv Eikon’s vessel tracking data.

The shipments following the two Exxon cargoes are to be taken in February by Hess and Guyana’s government. The government already awarded its first three cargoes of Liza crude to Royal Dutch Shell through an open-market tender.

Guyana’s first crude production started in December, ahead of schedule.