石油和天然气勘探将在2019年崛起

据离岸工程4月9日消息称该，根据Rystad能源公司数据，2019年油气勘探将迎来一个飞速的发展，各大石油公司将在第一季度发现的传统资源中占据更大份额。

今年第一季度，全球常规资源的发现量达到了32亿桶油当量。其中大部分收益是在2月份实现的，新发现的石油储量为22亿桶，为2015年8月以来的最高月度纪录。

Rystad能源公司上游分析师塔亚布•赞恩•沙里夫表示：“如果2019年剩余时间继续保持相似的速度，今年将有望比去年发现的资源高出30% 。”

埃克森美孚是最成功的公司，三个重大的海上发现占到了已发现石油储量的38%。欧洲石油巨头道达尔(Total)和埃尼集团(Eni)也在南非、英国、安哥拉和埃及成功开发海上油井。

与此同时，雷普索尔在印度尼西亚运营的Kali Berau Dalam天然气公司获得了该季度最大的陆上天然气发现奖。

从全球的角度来看，大量新发现的推动并未显示出放缓的迹象，预计今年将在陆上和海上再钻探35口高影响勘探井。

目前已经有三口如此具有高度开发潜力的油井在开发中:位于巴西近海、由壳牌公司运营的Peroba井，其钻前预期资源估计为53亿桶油当量; 埃尼在巴基斯坦水域的Kekra井，钻前预计储量为15亿桶油当量; 此外，道达尔公司在墨西哥近海运营的埃齐尔油井，钻前预期资源估计为27亿桶油当量。

沙里夫表示：“如果这些油井证明是成功的，2019年中期发现的资源将是2014年经济衰退以来最大的。”

曹海斌    摘译自    离岸工程

原文如下：

Oil & Gas Discoveries on the Rise in 2019

Oil and gas exploration is off to a flying start in 2019, with majors taking a bigger bite of the conventional resources discovered in the first quarter, according to Rystad Energy.

Global discoveries of conventional resources in the first quarter reached a robust 3.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe). Most of the gains were recorded in February, posting 2.2 billion barrels of discovered resources – the best monthly tally on record since August 2015.

“If the rest of 2019 continues at a similar pace, this year will be on track to exceed last year’s discovered resources by 30%,” says Taiyab Zain Shariff, Upstream Analyst at Rystad Energy.

ExxonMobil was the most successful, with three significant offshore discoveries accounting for a whopping 38% of total discovered volumes. European majors Total and Eni are also in the fold with successful offshore wells in South Africa, the United Kingdom, Angola and Egypt.

Meanwhile, Repsol’s operated Kali Berau Dalam gas find in Indonesia takes the prize for the largest onshore discovery of the quarter.

From a global perspective, the push for substantial new discoveries shows no signs of slowing down, with another 35 high impact exploration wells expected to be drilled this year, both onshore and offshore.

Three such highly prospective wells are already underway: the Shell-operated Peroba well, off Brazil, with pre-drill prospective resource estimates of 5.3 billion boe; Eni’s Kekra well in Pakistani waters, with pre-drill prospective resource estimates of 1.5 billion boe; and the Total-operated Etzil well off Mexico, with pre-drill prospective resource estimates of 2.7 billion boe.

"If these wells prove successful, 2019’s interim discovered resources will be the largest since the downturn in 2014,” Shariff remarked.