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美国需要恢复对墨西哥湾浅水区的勘探生产

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据全球能源新闻11月25日消息,一项新研究称,美国应将墨西哥湾浅水区界定为一个独立的实体,以避免其逾200亿美元的石油和天然气资源搁浅。

安全和环境执法局(BSEE)及海洋能源管理局(BOEM)的一项研究表明,墨西哥湾浅水区是一个历史悠久的能源丰富区,该地区水深不足200米,目前该地区生产的天然气和石油分别占海湾地区天然气产量的33%和石油产量的10%以上。

美国内政部两家机构联合表示,过去对浅水区的生产和基础设施的投资要高得多,但在过去20年里,开发活动已转移至陆上或深水作业。

在过去10年里,钻井数量减少了89%,每年大约有100个钻井平台被拆除,而没有安装新的钻井平台。如果这一趋势继续下去,缺乏开发将可能使1.79亿桶石油和4.567万亿立方英尺天然气资源受到影响,这些资源的价值估计为200亿美元。

BSEE局长Scott Angelle说:“这项研究提供了重要的信息,即不应该用‘一刀切’的方法来管理墨西哥湾的能源开发,以避免我们国家宝贵的能源资源被搁浅。尽管不可能完全扭转自然下降的趋势,但在保护美国公众利益的同时,促进墨西哥湾浅水区剩余石油和天然气资源的恢复,是本届政府正在采取行动的一项义务。”

Angelle 继续称:“一旦基础设施被拆除,我们将无法恢复这些资源,时间紧迫,我们需要努力确保这种情况不会发生。”

BOEM代理局长Walter Cruickshank表示:“BOEM估计,如果目前的趋势继续下去,价值200亿美元的石油和天然气资源可能会滞留在墨西哥湾的浅水区。为了确保最大限度的资源回收,BSEE和BOEM正在共同努力,鼓励增加符合国会根据《外大陆架土地法》制定的资源保护政策的活动。”

裘寅 编译自 全球能源新闻

原文如下:

U.S. Needs to Revive Shallow-Water GoM E&P

The US should define the Gulf of Mexico Shallow Water Province as a distinct entity to avoid stranding more than $20 billion of its oil and gas resource, said a new research.

According to a research from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) the GOM Shallow Water Province, comprised of water less than 200 meters deep, is a historically energy-rich area which now produces natural gas, accounting for 33% of the gulf’s gas production and just over 10% of its oil production.

Production and infrastructure investment used to be substantially higher in the Shallow Water Province, but over the last 20 years, development has moved onshore or to deepwater operations, the two US Department of the Interior agencies jointly said.

The number of wells drilled has decreased 89 percent over the last 10 years, and approximately 100 platforms a year are being removed with no new platforms being installed. If this trend continues, the lack of development will potentially strand 179 million barrels of oil and 4,567 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have an estimated worth of $20 billion.

“This research provides critical information that energy development in the Gulf of Mexico should not be managed with a ‘one size fits all’ approach in how we avoid stranding our nation’s valuable energy resources,” said BSEE Director Scott Angelle. “Although reversing the natural decline may not be entirely possible, promoting the recovery of the remaining oil and natural gas resources in the Gulf of Mexico Shallow Water Province, while protecting the interests of the American public, is an obligation this administration is taking action on.”

“Once the infrastructure is removed, we will not be able to recover these resources,” Angelle continued. “The nation is essentially on a ‘shot clock’ to make sure that does not happen.”

“BOEM estimates that $20 billion in oil and natural gas resources could be stranded in the Gulf of Mexico Shallow Water Province if the current trends continue,” said BOEM Acting Director Walter Cruickshank. “To ensure maximum resource recovery, BSEE and BOEM are working together to encourage increased activity consistent with the resource conservation policy established by Congress under Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.”