能源事务国务部长、卡塔尔能源公司总裁兼首席执行官萨阿德·谢里达·卡比 (Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi) 今天在卡塔尔能源公司多哈总部举行的新闻发布会上宣布了这一消息。

卡比在新闻发布会上宣布，广泛的评估钻探和测试已证实卡塔尔巨型北油田的生产层向西延伸，这使得可以在拉斯拉凡开发一个新的液化天然气生产项目。

净atarEnergy 一直致力于确定北油田生产层向西延伸的距离，以评估这些地区的生产潜力。我们继续进行地质和工程研究，并在该地区钻了一些评价井。我今天很高兴地宣布，感谢上帝，这些巨大的努力已经通过评价井的技术测试证实了北油田的生产层进一步向西延伸，这意味着有能力生产大量额外的石油。来自这个新领域的天然气数量，”他说。

部长还宣布，北部油田新增天然气储量估计为 240 万亿立方英尺，这使得卡塔尔国的天然气储量从 1,760 立方英尺增加到超过 2,000 万亿立方英尺，凝析油储量从 70 万亿立方英尺超过800亿桶，此外还有大量液化石油气、乙烷和氦气。

“这些都是非常重要的重大成果，将把卡塔尔的天然气工业推向新的视野，因为它们将使我们能够开始从北油田西部地区开发一个新的液化天然气项目，产能约为 16 MTPA 。因此，当新的扩建项目在本十年末之前完成时，卡塔尔国的液化天然气总产量将达到约 142 MTPA。与目前的生产水平相比，这意味着增加了近 85%。随着该项目的完成，卡塔尔国的碳氢化合物总产量将超过每天725万桶石油当量，”他说。

该部长补充说，卡塔尔能源公司将立即开始必要的基础工程工作，以确保按照批准的时间表实现这个新项目的计划进度，该项目将被称为北田西项目。

“我谨向我的同事、卡塔尔能源公司和卡塔尔能源行业的经理和员工、男女、卡塔尔人和外籍人士表示诚挚的感谢和赞赏，他们像一个大家庭一样不知疲倦地工作，致力于推动能源行业的发展为了卡塔尔、卡塔尔能源公司和我们合作伙伴的利益。我想说：我为你们所有人感到骄傲。” 卡比 说道。 

卡塔尔能源公司继续致力于实施北油田增产项目的各个部分，包括北油田东项目和北油田南项目。

Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, the Minister of State for Energy Affairs, the president and CEO of QatarEnergy, made the announcement during a press conference held today at QatarEnergy’s Headquarters in Doha.

Speaking at the press conference, Al-Kaabi announced that extensive appraisal drilling and testing have confirmed that productive layers of Qatar’s giant North Field extend towards the west, which allows for developing a new LNG production project in Ras Laffan.

“QatarEnergy has focused its efforts and attention on determining how far west the North Field’s productive layers extend in order to evaluate the production potential from those areas. We have continued geological and engineering studies and have drilled a number of appraisal wells in that area. I am pleased today to announce that, praise be to God, these great efforts have confirmed, through technical tests of the appraisal wells, the extension of the North Field’s productive layers further towards the west, which means the ability to produce significant additional quantities of gas from this new sector,” he said.

The Minister also announced the presence of huge additional gas quantities in the North Field estimated at 240 trillion cu/ft, which raises the State of Qatar’s gas reserves from 1,760 to more than 2,000 trillion cu/ft, and the condensates reserves from 70 to more than 80 billion barrels, in addition to large quantities of liquefied petroleum gas, ethane, and helium.

“These are very important results of great dimensions that will take Qatar’s gas industry to new horizons, as they will enable us to begin developing a new LNG project from the North Field’s western sector with a production capacity of about 16 MTPA. As such, the State of Qatar's total LNG production will reach about 142 MTPA when this new expansion is completed before the end of this decade. This represents an increase of almost 85% compared to current production levels. With the completion of this project, the State of Qatar’s total hydrocarbon production will exceed 7.25 mn barrels of oil equivalent per day,” he said.

The Minister added that QatarEnergy will immediately commence the basic engineering works necessary to ensure that the planned progress is achieved according to the approved schedule for this new project, which will be called the North Field West project.

“I would like to extend my sincere thanks and appreciation to my colleagues the managers and employees at QatarEnergy and in the energy sector in Qatar, women and men, Qataris and expatriates, who work as one family tirelessly and with dedication to advance the energy sector for the benefit of Qatar, QatarEnergy, and our partners. And I would like to say: I am proud of you all,” Al-Kaabi said. 

QatarEnergy continues work to implement various elements of the North Field production expansion projects, including the North Field East project and the North Field South project.