据钻机地带12月13日消息称，埃克森美孚和卡塔尔能源组成的财团已与塞浦路斯政府签署了一项勘探和生产共享合同 (EPSC)，共同开发位于该国西南部近海的第5区块。
卡塔尔能源与埃克森美孚已经在塞浦路斯拥有一个勘探区块——区块 10，这将是该财团在该国的第二个勘探区块。
区块10对两家公司很有成效。该项目于2017年获得批准，并于2019年2月宣布Glaucus天然气发现，估计现有天然气资源为5至8万亿立方英尺。卡塔尔能源公司声称，未来几个月计划进行进一步评估，以进一步完善这一估计。
这家卡塔尔公司表示，根据 EPSC 的条款，卡塔尔能源将持有区块 5的40% 的开采权益，而埃克森美孚将是运营商，并将持有 60% 的开采权益。
塞浦路斯能源、商业和工业部长Natasa Pilides与埃克森美孚和卡塔尔能源的代表签署了EPSC。
区块 5占地1740平方英里，水深达8200英尺，毗邻第10区块。
“我们对这份EPSC的签署感到高兴，它扩大了我们在塞浦路斯的足迹。正如我们在区块10的发现所证实的那样，该地区很有前景，具有很好的油气勘探潜力”,卡塔尔能源公司总裁兼首席执行官、能源事务国务部长 Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi 说。
他说:“我们期待继续与塞浦路斯的政府公司以及我们的长期战略伙伴埃克森美孚公司合作，为塞浦路斯共和国的自然资源勘探作出贡献，并为我们日益增长的国际投资组合带来重要的补充。”
朱佳妮 摘译自 钻机地带
原文如下：
Exxon, QatarEnergy Get More Acreage Offshore Cyprus
A consortium of ExxonMobil and QatarEnergy has signed an exploration and production sharing contract (EPSC) with the government of Cyprus for Block 5 located offshore, southwest of the island nation.
QatarEnergy along with ExxonMobil already holds one exploration block in Cyprus – Block 10 – and this will be the consortium's second exploration block in the country.
Block 10 was fruitful for the duo. It was awarded in 2017 and resulted in the Glaucus gas discovery announced in February 2019 with estimated in-place resources of 5 to 8 trillion cubic feet of gas. QatarEnergy claimed that further assessments are planned over the coming months to further refine this estimate.
The Qatari company said that, under the terms of the EPSC, QatarEnergy will hold a 40 percent working interest in Block 5 while ExxonMobil will be the operator and will hold a 60 percent working interest.
Natasa Pilides, Cyprus Minister of Energy, Commerce, and Industry, signed the EPSC with the representatives of ExxonMobil and QatarEnergy.
Block 5 covers an area of 1,740 square miles in water depths of up to 8,200 feet and is adjacent to Block 10.
“We are pleased with the signing of this EPSC, which expands our footprint in Cyprus. As confirmed by our discovery in Block 10, this region is promising and has very good potential for hydrocarbon exploration,” Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, the Minister of State for Energy Affairs, the President and CEO of QatarEnergy, said.
“We look forward to continuing to collaborate with the government of Cyprus and with our long-term strategic partner ExxonMobil to contribute to the exploration of natural resources in the Republic of Cyprus, and bring a significant addition to our growing international portfolio,” he added.
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