索马里将准备进行第一轮竞标

原标题：索马里将准备进行第一轮竞标

中国石化新闻网讯 据5月13日Neftegaz.Ru消息：索马里石油和矿产资源部长阿卜杜拉希德·艾哈迈德表示，第一轮竞标截止日期为2021年3月12日，提供的区域是152、153、164、165、177、178和204街区。授予区块后，将协商并签署生产共享协议。

艾哈迈德在网络研讨会上说，此次发行是在对人类和全球经济造成负面影响的具有挑战性的全球环境下进行的。这是索马里有史以来的第一轮竞标。他还保证将以“对所有人透明且公平”的方式进行招标程序。

艾哈迈德提到，在壳牌公司和埃克森美孚公司支付东非国家获得历史许可证后，成功测试了收益共享协议。

有官员称，碳氢化合物行业的收入可以推动经济蓬勃发展和自我维持。索马里《石油法》已于今年2月正式批准。该立法规定了在联邦政府，各州和地方社区之间如何分配碳氢化合物的收入。

该法律为在2020年的竞标中创造利益提供了最佳框架。索马里有可能成为东非近海最重要的油田之一，受到石油和天然气广泛专业人士的兴趣。”

索马里被要求在《石油法》批准后6个月内启动一个监管机构，即索马里石油管理局。该国还发布了一个公益广告范本。

艾哈迈德总结说：“索马里对商业开放起重要作用。”

冯娟 摘译自 Neftegaz.Ru

原文如下：

Somalia preps for 1st bid round with the official opening due on August 4

The closing date is March 12, 2021, Somali Minister of Petroleum & Mineral Resources Abdirashid Ahmed said. The areas on offer are Blocks 152, 153, 164, 165, 177, 178 and 204, the minister said. Once blocks have been awarded, production-sharing agreements will be negotiated and signed.

The offering is taking place in “challenging global circumstances with a negative impact on humanity and the global economy”, Ahmed said on a webinar organised by IHS Markit. The round is Somalia’s 1st ever licence round.

Mogadishu sees revenues from the hydrocarbon sector as a catalyst for the economy to become dynamic and self sustaining, the official said. Somalia’s Petroleum Law was officially ratified in February this year. This legislation set out how revenues from hydrocarbons would be distributed, between the federal government, the states and local communities.

Ahmed cited the successful test of the revenue sharing agreement seen following payments from Shell and ExxonMobil for historic licences in the East African country.

The law “provides the optimum framework to create interest in the 2020 bid round. The opportunity is huge. Somalia could become one of the most significant plays offshore East Africa, with interest from oil and gas majors,” the minister said.

In addition to the revenue distribution, he also gave assurances that the bid round process would be carried out in a manner that was “transparent and fair for everyone”.

Somalia is required to launch a regulator, the Somali Petroleum Authority (SPA), within 6 months of the Petroleum Law’s ratification. The country has also published a model PSA.

“Somalia is open for business big time,” Ahmed said by way of conclusion.