挪威最北部海上石油或在2026年开始开采

据今日油价1月16日报道，挪威最北部海上石油发现者OMV的高级副总裁Knut Mauseth,周三对路透社表示，OMV将于2026年开始生产，这可能会让挪威的石油工业有所缓解。

挪威石油工业目前预计，在没有新的重大石油发现的情况下，产量将从2020年代中期开始下降。

本周早些时候，OMV表示，Wisting发现的预计可采储量已从先前估计的3.5亿桶增至4.4亿桶。

“最新评价井的数据和获得的地震数据使我们对该地区和资源有了更好的了解。Mauseth在一份声明中说：“我们现在看到了这种可能性的增加。”

目前，OMV和合作伙伴正在研究通过浮式生产储油卸油装置(FPSO)开采石油的方案。OMV说，最终的概念选择预计在2020年。

Mauseth周三对挪威石油公司表示，Wisting的开发可能需要47亿到58亿美元(400亿到500亿挪威克朗)的投资。

OMV是一家运营商，在2013年Wisting发现的生产许可证中拥有25%的股权。其他股东包括挪威的Equinor（35%）和Petoro（20%），以及日本石油公司Idemitsu的挪威分公司（20%）。

孔丽炜   摘译自  今日油价

原文如下：

OMV, the operator of the northernmost oil discovery offshore Norway could begin production in 2026, the Senior Vice President of OMV’s Norwegian unit, Knut Mauseth, told Reuters on Wednesday, in what could be some relief for Norway’s oil industry amid current forecasts that production will decline from the mid-2020s in the absence of new major oil discoveries.

Earlier this week, OMV said that the estimated recoverable volumes in the Wisting discovery had increased to 440 million barrels of oil in place, from 350 million barrels previously estimated.

“Data from the latest appraisal well and the seismic data acquired have given us a better understanding of the area and the resources. We now see the increased potential of Wisting”, Mauseth said in a statement.

Currently, OMV and partners are studying the option to produce oil from the discovery via a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit. The final concept selection is expected in 2020, OMV said.

The development of Wisting will probably need investments of US$4.7 billion-US$5.8 billion (40 billion-50 billion Norwegian crowns), Mauseth told Norwegian industry outlet petro.no on Wednesday. 

OMV is the operator with a 25-percent working interest in the production license where the Wisting discovery was made in 2013. The other shareholders are Norway’s Equinor with 35 percent and Petoro with 20 percent, as well as the Norwegian unit of Japanese petroleum firm Idemitsu with the remaining 20 percent.