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TotalEnergies 和卡塔尔能源公司正在扩大在纳米比亚近海奥兰治盆地勘探石油和天然气的力度，获得了南非水域附近盆地的许可证。

 法国超级能源公司 TotalEnergies 及其合作伙伴卡塔尔能源公司 (QatarEnergy)周三表示，已签署协议，从非洲石油南非公司 (Africa Oil South Africa)、Azinam 和 Ricocure 公司购买南非近海 3B/4B 区块的参与权益 。

交易完成后，TotalEnergies将持有3B/4B区块33%的参与权益并承担运营权，而卡塔尔能源公司将持有24%的股份。其余权益将由现有许可证持有者——Africa Oil、Ricocure 和 Azinam 持有。

TotalEnergies 勘探高级副总裁 Kevin McLachlan 表示：“继 Venus 在纳米比亚取得成功之后，TotalEnergies 正在通过获得南非这一前景广阔的勘探许可证，继续推进其在奥兰治盆地的勘探工作。”

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) 表示，

“3B/4B 区块的农场建设建立在我们在多产的奥兰治盆地的基础上。”

“我们期待与我们的合作伙伴和南非相关政府实体合作，进一步评估该区块的潜力，”兼任卡塔尔能源事务国务部长的卡比表示。

3B/4B区块占地超过17,500平方公里（6,757平方英里），位于南非西海岸近海的奥兰治盆地内，水深在300至2,000米（985英尺至6,562英尺）之间。

南非是TotalEnergies在非洲近海的两个目标前沿勘探地区之一，另一个是纳米比亚近海，分析人士表示，该地区有潜力成为石油和天然气勘探和发现的新圭亚那。

TotalEnergies 和壳牌公司已经在纳米比亚近海取得了 重大发现 。

TotalEnergies  于 2022 年初在奥兰治盆地的 Venus 勘探区发现了含有伴生天然气的 重大轻质油。TotalEnergies 在 2022 年 9 月的投资者介绍中表示，纳米比亚的 Venus 可能是一个“巨大的石油和天然气发现”  。

 

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查尔斯·肯尼迪 (Charles Kennedy) 为 Oilprice.com 撰写

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TotalEnergies and QatarEnergy are expanding their efforts to explore for oil and gas in the Orange Basin offshore Namibia by acquiring a nearby license in the basin in South African waters.

TotalEnergies and its partner QatarEnergy have signed an agreement to buy participating interests in Block 3B/4B offshore South Africa from the companies Africa Oil South Africa, Azinam, and Ricocure, the French supermajor said on Wednesday.

Following completion of the transaction, TotalEnergies will hold a 33% participating interest in Block 3B/4B and assume operatorship, while QatarEnergy will hold a 24% stake. The remaining interests will be held by the existing license holders – Africa Oil, Ricocure, and Azinam.

“Following the Venus success in Namibia, TotalEnergies is continuing to progress its Exploration effort in the Orange Basin, by entering this promising exploration license in South Africa”, said Kevin McLachlan, Senior Vice-President Exploration of TotalEnergies.

QatarEnergy’s president and chief executive, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, said,

“The farm-in to Block 3B/4B builds on our presence in the prolific Orange Basin.”

“We look forward to working together with our partners and the relevant government entities in South Africa to further assess this block’s potential,” said Al-Kaabi, who is also Qatar’s Minister of State for Energy Affairs.

Block 3B/4B covers an area of more than 17,500 square kilometers (6,757 square miles) within the Orange Basin offshore the western coast of South Africa in water depths ranging between 300 and 2,000 meters (985 ft to 6,562 ft).

South Africa is one of TotalEnergies’ two targeted frontier exploration areas offshore Africa—the other one is offshore Namibia, which analysts say could have the potential to become the new Guyana for oil and gas exploration and discoveries.

TotalEnergies, as well as Shell, have already made large discoveries offshore Namibia.

TotalEnergies made a significant discovery of light oil with associated gas on the Venus prospect in the Orange Basin in early 2022. Venus in Namibia could be a “giant oil and gas discovery,” TotalEnergies said in an investor presentation in September 2022.

 

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By Charles Kennedy for Oilprice.com