必和必拓为油气项目批准9.52亿美元资金

据道琼斯2月13日消息，必和必拓周三表示，公司已批准总额9.52亿美元的资金用于美国墨西哥湾Atlantis三期项目的开发以及墨西哥Trion油田一口评价井的钻探工作。

必和必拓表示，公司已批准为Atlantis三期开发项目提供6.96亿美元资金。这一深水项目将利用现有基础设施、产能空余和营销协议。

Atlantis三期项目预计将于2020年进行首次生产。必和必拓称，预计届时日产量将增加3.8万桶油当量。

必和必拓持有Atlantis油田44%的权益，英国石油公司(BP)持有56%的权益。

必和必拓还批准了2.56亿美元资金，用于在墨西哥Trion油田再钻探一口评价井并开展进一步研究。

必和必拓称，这口评价井预计将在2019年下半年进行钻探。

必和必拓持有Trion油田60%的权益。余下40%的权益由墨西哥国有石油公司Pemex持有。

庞晓华   摘译自   道琼斯

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BHP Group Greenlights $952 Mln Funding for Oil, Gas Projects

BHP Group PLC (BHP.LN) said Wednesday that it has approved total funding of $952 million to develop the Atlantis Phase 3 project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and to drill an appraisal well in Mexico's Trion field. 

The Anglo-Australian mining giant said it has approved funding of $696 million for the Atlantis Phase 3 development. The deepwater project will take advantage of existing infrastructure, production ullage and marketing agreements. 

First production from Atlantis Phase 3 is expected in 2020. It is forecast to increase production by 38,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day, BHP said. 

BHP holds a 44% interest in the Atlantis field while U.K. oil company BP PLC (BP.LN) holds 56%. 

The company also approved $256 million in funding to drill an additional appraisal well and perform further studies in the Trion field in Mexico. 

The appraisal well is expected to be drilled in the second half of 2019, BHP said. 

BHP holds a 60% interest in the Trion field. The remaining 40% is held by Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico's state-owned oil company, which is also known as Pemex.