该公司项目开发高级副总裁Trond Bokn表示，由于市场变化、成本上升，加拿大海上石油项目将重新审视，看看是否还有进一步优化理念和策略的空间。

Bay du Nord 项目由 Flemish Pass 盆地的各种石油发现组成。（图片来源：Anita starzycka，来自 Pixabay）

Equinor表示，由于成本大幅增加，该公司将推迟位于加拿大纽芬兰和拉布拉多的Bay du Nord项目（拟议的海上油田开发项目）长达三年。

Bay du Nord 项目此前估计耗资约 120 亿美元，由佛兰德帕斯盆地发现的多个石油项目组成。该项目预计将于 2020 年代末开采出第一批石油。

据估计，这些发现的可采资源量接近3亿桶石油。

Equinor项目开发高级副总裁Trond Bokn表示，由于市场变化和成本上升，公司将重新审视Bay du Nord项目。据路透社报道，这将是为了看看是否有进一步优化该项目概念和策略的空间。

不过，博克恩表示，Bay du Nord 是该公司的一个重要项目。

纽芬兰和拉布拉多省州长安德鲁·福雷在推特上表达了对该项目消息的失望，但表示他仍然对该项目的进展抱有希望。

福里在推特上写道：“我们认识到该公司对该项目坚信不疑，并将继续履行对纽芬兰和拉布拉多的承诺，同时维持其办事处和员工。”

Equinor一直在考虑开发Bay du Nord油田，并配备用于储存和海上卸载的浮式生产装置（FPSO）。该公司表示，FPSO 是连接附近发现和未来前景的合适解决方案。

BP是Equinor在Bay du Nord项目中的合作伙伴。前者通过去年与 Cenovus Energy 的资产互换协议加入了该项目。

2022年4月，加拿大政府批准了深水石油项目的环境评估。

2018年，这家挪威石油天然气公司与纽芬兰和拉布拉多省以及赫斯基能源公司敲定了开发深水项目的协议，该项目位于圣约翰岛东北部近500公里处。赫斯基能源公司于 2021 年与 Cenovus 能源公司合并。

2023年4月，KBR表示收到了Equinor Canada的意向书（LOI），将执行新Bay Du Nord FPSO上部设施的前端工程设计（FEED）。

The company’s project development senior vice president Trond Bokn said that owing to the changing market with rising costs, the offshore Canadian oil project will be reviewed again to see if there is any scope for further optimising the concept and strategies

The Bay du Nord project is made up of various oil discoveries in the Flemish Pass basin. (Credit: Anita starzycka from Pixabay)

Equinor said that it will defer the Bay du Nord project, a proposed offshore oil field development, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, for up to three years, citing significant cost increases.

The Bay du Nord project, which was previously estimated to cost around $12bn, is made up of various oil discoveries in the Flemish Pass basin. First oil from the project has been anticipated to be drawn in the late 2020s.

The recoverable resources from the discoveries are estimated to be nearly 300 million barrels of oil.

Equinor’s project development senior vice president Trond Bokn said that owing to the changing market with rising costs, the company will review the Bay du Nord project again. This will be to see if there is any scope for further optimising the concept and strategies for the project, reported Reuters.

Bokn, however, said that Bay du Nord is an important project for the company.

Newfoundland & Labrador Premier Andrew Furey expressed his disappointment about the project news on Twitter, but said that he is still hopeful that it will proceed.

Furey tweeted: “We recognise the company believes strongly in the project and is continuing its commitment to Newfoundland and Labrador as its is maintaining its office presence and employees.”

Equinor has been considering to develop the Bay du Nord field with a floating production unit for storage and offshore offloading (FPSO). The company said that the FPSO is an appropriate solution for tie-back of nearby discoveries and future prospects.

BP is the partner of Equinor in the Bay du Nord project. The former joined the project through last year’s asset swap deal with Cenovus Energy.

In April 2022, the Canadian government approved the environmental assessment of the deepwater oil project.

In 2018, the Norwegian oil and gas firm finalised an agreement with the Newfoundland and Labrador province and Husky Energy for the development of the deep-water project, located nearly 500km northeast of St. John’s. Husky Energy merged with Cenovus Energy in 2021.

In April 2023, KBR said that it received a letter of intent (LOI) from Equinor Canada to execute the front-end engineering design (FEED) of the topside facilities of the new Bay Du Nord FPSO.