挪威第25轮招标将提供136个近海油气勘探区块|石油_新浪财经

原标题：挪威第25轮招标将提供136个近海油气勘探区块

中国石化新闻网讯据油价网奥斯陆报道，挪威国家石油理事会（NPD）11月19日在奥斯陆表示，挪威将在第25轮招标中对外提供136个位于巴伦支海和挪威海的近海石油和天然气勘探区块。

NPD勘探总监图尔盖·斯托尔达尔说，最近发表的《2020年资源报告》显示，在挪威大陆架仍然有大量未发现的油气资源。在第25轮招标中，有兴趣公司将获得迄今为止年度APA招标中未获得的探区。

他补充说，“已宣布探区的特点是有很多令人兴奋的远景区，但到目前为止，这些远景区还没有被广泛勘探。”

由于新冠肺炎疫情大流行重创了石油市场，今年挪威的石油和天然气勘探活动出现了大幅下滑。NPD10月曾报告称，能源公司今年只打算在挪威近海钻取30口探井。这是2019年探井数量的一半，也是自2005年以来的最低数量。

斯托尔达尔说，“如果没有新的发现，挪威石油和天然气产量可能在2030年以后迅速下降。新的勘探技术和大数据分析可能有助于在一个成熟的大陆架上获得更多新发现。”

尽管如此，挪威统计机构的研究表明，今年对新油气钻探作业的投资将高于2019年。这要归功于今年初的高油价以及挪威政府对石油业的救助计划。

不过，2021年的投资预计将从目前估计的2020年水平下降。不过，据挪威统计局的数据，对明年的投资估计仍比5月份的调查高出2.1%。

NDP本周宣布，尽管挪威当局正在敦促感兴趣的能源公司尽早提交申请，但根据第25轮许可证出售招标的规定，能源公司申请勘探钻井的截止日期是明年2月23日。许可证将在2021年第一季度末发放。

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原文如下：

Norway Opens New Arctic Oil Blocks For Exploration

Norway is offering 136 offshore oil and gas exploration blocks in the Barents Sea and the Norwegian Sea, the country's Petroleum Directorate said today.

recently published Resource Report 2020 showed that substantial undiscovered resources remain in all areas on the NCS. In the 25th round, the companies will have access to acreage that has not been available in the annual APA rounds so far," said NPD's Director for Exploration Torgeir Stordal.

"The announced acreage features a broad range of exciting plays that, so far, have not been extensively explored," he added.

Norway's oil and gas exploration activity slumped this year as the pandemic savaged oil markets, with the NPD reporting last month that energy companies were to drill just 30 exploration wells offshore Norway this year. This was half the number of exploration wells drilled in 2019 and the lowest number since 2005.

"Without new discoveries, oil and gas production could decline rapidly after 2030. New exploration technology and big data analyses can contribute to more discoveries on a mature shelf", NPD's Stordal warned at the time.

Even so, research from the country's statistics authority suggested investments in new oil and gas drilling this year were going to be higher than they were in 2019. This was attributed to higher oil prices in early 2020 as well as the government's relief package for the industry.

For 2021, however, investments are expected to drop from the currently estimated 2020 level. Still, the estimate for next year is now 2.1 percent higher than in the May survey, according to Statistics Norway.

The deadline for companies to apply for exploration drilling under the 25thlicensing round the NDP announced this week is February 23, although the authority is urging interested parties to submit their applications earlier. The licenses will be awarded by the end of the first quarter of 2021.