探索/发现

美国上调石油储量预估,BP在远南地区发现石油

该运营商在墨西哥湾的深水发现具有商业潜力,政府分析表明该湾的储量比预期高出 13 亿桶油当量。

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“海洋黑蜂”号在墨西哥湾绿峡谷584区块钻探了英国石油公司(BP)的远南勘探井。BP表示,该井发现了具有商业价值的石油。
来源:Noble

在美国内政部宣布墨西哥湾外大陆架(OCS)的石油和天然气储量估计大幅增加几天后,英国石油公司在路易斯安那州海岸的深水远南勘探井发现了具有商业价值的石油。

英国石油公司在4月14日的公告中表示,其在墨西哥湾(又称美国湾)绿峡谷584区块钻探的油井及其后续侧钻井在优质中新世储层中发现了石油。Far South位于Constellation油田以北4英里处,靠近由Oxy运营的Constitution油田。

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英国石油公司 (BP) 的远南发现靠近 Oxy 的宪法晶石。
来源:BP

Diamond Offshore的钻井船“Ocean Blackhornet”号在4,092英尺深的水域中钻探至23,830英尺深的油井。初步数据显示,该油井蕴藏着潜在的商业储量。BP代表合作伙伴雪佛龙公司,持有Far South油田57.5%的权益,雪佛龙公司持有剩余的42.5%权益。

英国石油公司美洲湾和加拿大业务高级副总裁安迪·克里格 (Andy Krieger) 在新闻稿中表示,该公司计划到 2020 年将墨西哥湾的产能提高到 40 万桶油当量/天,到 2030 年将上游整体产量提高到 230 万至 250 万桶油当量/天。总体而言,预计美国 BP 公司的陆上和海上业务将为这一产量贡献约 100 万桶油当量/天。

英国石油公司今年早些时候宣布,将大幅削减可再生能源支出,转而发展碳氢化合物业务。英国石油公司表示,计划在未来三年内钻探约40口勘探井,其中10至15口将于今年钻探。

储量增加 
美国海洋能源管理局 4 月 10 日发布的分析显示,墨西哥湾外大陆架的石油和天然气储量增加了 13 亿桶油当量。

这一增幅使该地区的总储量估算跃升至70亿桶油当量,其中包括57.7亿桶石油和7.15万亿立方英尺天然气。根据分析,这意味着剩余可采储量增长了22.6%。

BOEM的最新评估报告评估了140多个油气田,发现了18个新发现,并分析了墨西哥湾1336个油气田的37000多个油藏。

美国内政部长道格·伯格姆在一份新闻稿中表示:“这些新数据证实了我们一直以来所知道的事实——美国坐拥丰富的能源宝藏。”

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Exploration/discoveries

BP Strikes Oil at Far South as US Increases Reserves Estimate

The operator’s deepwater discovery in the Gulf of Mexico is potentially commercial, and government analysis indicates the gulf holds 1.3 billion BOE more reserves than estimated.

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The Ocean Blackhornet drilled BP’s Far South exploration well in Green Canyon Block 584 in the Gulf of Mexico. BP said the well found potentially commercial amounts of oil.
Source: Noble

BP found a potentially commercial amount of oil with its deepwater Far South exploration well offshore the coast of Louisiana days after the US Department of the Interior announced a significant increase in estimated oil and gas reserves on the gulf’s outer continental shelf (OCS).

BP’s well and the subsequent sidetrack, drilled in Green Canyon Block 584 in the Gulf of Mexico (aka Gulf of America), encountered oil in high-quality Miocene reservoirs, the operator said in its 14 April announcement. Far South is 4 miles north of the Constellation field and close to the Oxy-operated Constitution spar.

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BP’s Far South discovery is near Oxy’s Constitution spar.
Source: BP

Diamond Offshore's drillship Ocean Blackhornet drilled the well to 23,830 ft total depth in 4,092-ft-deep water. Preliminary data supports a potentially commercial volume of hydrocarbons. BP operates Far South with 57.5% interest on behalf of partner Chevron, which has the remaining 42.5% interest.

Andy Krieger, senior vice president for Gulf of America and Canada at BP, said in a news release that the operator aims to build its gulf production capacity to 400,000 BOE/D by the end of the decade and overall upstream production to between 2.3 million BOE/D and 2.5 million BOE/D by 2030. In total, US BP’s onshore and offshore operations are expected to contribute about 1 million BOEPD of that output.

BP announced earlier this year it was slashing renewables spending in favor of growing its hydrocarbons business. BP said it plans to drill about 40 exploration wells over the next 3 years, of which between 10 and 15 will be drilled this year.

Reserves increase 
Analysis by the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management revealed an increase of 1.3 billion BOE of oil and gas reserves on the gulf’s outer continental shelf, according to a 10 April announcement.

That increase jumps the region’s total reserve estimate to 7 billion BOE, including 5.77 billion bbl of oil and 7.15 Tcf of natural gas. According to the analysis, this represents a 22.6% increase in remaining recoverable reserves.

BOEM’s updated assessment evaluated more than 140 oil and gas fields. It identified 18 new discoveries and analyzed more than 37,000 reservoirs across 1,336 fields in the gulf.

“This new data confirms what we’ve known all along—America is sitting on a treasure trove of energy,” Doug Burgum, secretary of the Interior, said in a release.