北极地区巨大的资源潜力吸引石油和天然气公司

原标题：北极地区巨大的资源潜力吸引石油和天然气公司

中国石化新闻网讯 据油气新闻1月17日消息称，由于北极地区寒冷、恶劣的气候条件、冰冻的海洋和缺乏基础设施建设投资，因此在很大程度上没有得到开发。然而，这种情况正在逐渐改变。全球领先的数据和分析公司GlobalData表示，全球石油和天然气储量不断减少，促使勘探和生产(E&P)公司冒险进入北极，寻找碳氢化合物。

该公司最新的主题报告《北极开发》评估了不同北极国家在开发该地区油气资源方面的竞争地位。

北极地区的勘探开发活动主要集中在俄罗斯、挪威和美国的陆上和浅水区。俄罗斯和挪威的北极行动旨在改善它们的油气储量，以克服其他地区老化油田的产量预期下降。

GlobalData的石油和天然气分析师Ravindra Puranik表示：“俄罗斯拥有沿北极最长海岸线的天然优势，这赋予了它探索大陆架的领土权利。在俄罗斯政府的鼓励和中国的财政支持下，俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司、俄罗斯石油公司和诺瓦泰克公司等俄罗斯石油和天然气公司正寻求将北极地区开发成一个新的石油和天然气热点区域。

“这些公司受益于全球变暖，因为冰层的减少使该地区的海上活动成为可能。通过将战略规划与资源开发相结合，俄罗斯正致力于改造北海航线，使之成为替代苏伊士运河的经济有效途径，并从北极地区的贸易和工业化中获利。”

对于美国的运营商来说，位于48层以下地区的页岩油气生产区与阿拉斯加北坡的油气田相比仍旧更受青睐。美国开发北极的主要动机是保护其海上边界，对抗俄罗斯和中国在该地区日益增长的影响力。

曹海斌 摘译自 油气新闻

原文如下：

Oil and gas companies getting attracted towards enormous resource potential of the Arctic region

The Arctic region is largely under-explored due to its cold, harsh climatic conditions, frozen seas and lack of investment in infrastructure development. However, this picture is gradually changing. Dwindling oil and gas reserves worldwide is raising the case for exploration and production (E&P) companies to venture into the Arctic in search of hydrocarbons, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

The company's latest thematic report, ‘Arctic Exploitation', evaluates the competitive position of different Arctic countries in tapping the hydrocarbon reserves of the region.

E&P activities in the Arctic are primarily concentrated in the onshore and shallow water regions of Russia, Norway, and the US. Arctic operations of Russia and Norway are aimed improving their hydrocarbon reserves to overcome the anticipated decline in output from aging fields in other regions.

Ravindra Puranik, Oil & Gas Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Russia has the natural advantage of having the longest coastline along the Arctic, giving it the territorial right to explore its continental shelves. With incentives from the Russian Government and financial support from China, Russian oil and gas companies such as Gazprom, Rosneft and Novatek are looking to develop the Arctic region into a new oil and gas hotspot.

“These companies are benefiting from global warming as the shrinking ice cover is enabling maritime activities in the region. By integrating strategic planning with resource development, Russia is working towards converting the Northern Sea Route as a cost-efficient alternative to the Suez Canal and profit from trade and industrialization in the Arctic.”

For operators in the US, the productive shale patches in the Lower 48 region continue to gain preference over oil and gas fields in the Alaska North Slope. The major incentive for the US in exploring the Arctic is to protect its maritime boundaries and counter the growing influence of Russia and China in the region.