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英石。挪威国家石油公司 Equinor 表示，由于市场条件充满挑战，加拿大的第一个深水石油项目已被搁置三年。

据加拿大广播公司 (CBC) 报道，Equinor 于 5 月下旬在圣约翰举行的荷兰能源会议和展览期间就此发布了一份新闻稿。

据 CBC 报道，Equinor 加拿大公司负责人 Tore Laseseth 表示：“我们将利用这次延期继续积极推动 Bay du Nord 的成熟，以实现成功开发。” 一位发言人表示，近几个月来该项目“成本大幅增加”，部分原因是市场波动。

项目开发高级副总裁Trond Bokn表示，该项目对于Equinor来说仍然很重要。加拿大广播公司 (CBC) 援引博克恩的话说：“我们现在将再次审视该项目，看看我们是否可以进一步优化我们的概念和策略。”

Bay du Nord 由五个石油发现点组成。Equinor表示，2024年将继续评估该油田周围的勘探钻探活动。

Equinor 宣布这一消息后不久，荷兰能源公司 (Energy NL) 负责人夏琳·约翰逊 (Charlene Johnson) 在会议上发表了讲话。据报道，约翰逊表示：“显然，这对在座的每个人、整个行业和我们省来说都是极其令人失望的消息。” 她指出，该项目已经出现多次延误。

该消息发布前不到两个月，Equinor 与一家加拿大公司签订了合同，负责该项目的前端工程设计 (FEED) 工作。据加拿大广播公司报道，加拿大能源分析师表示，该项目的成本估算很可能已经公布，并反映出全球范围内从陷入困境的供应链采购材料的困难。

约翰逊表示，Energy NL 将在未来几周内与 Equinor 保持联系，并且仍然认为有理由保持乐观。“这只是我们仍然认为将是一个成功项目的道路上的另一个障碍，”她说。

2023年14月6日

Offshore staff

ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada – Canada’s first deepwater oil project has been shelved for three years “in the face of challenging market conditions,” according to Norwegian state oil company Equinor.

As reported by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC), Equinor sent out a press release to this effect in late May during the Energy N.L. Conference and Exhibition in St. John’s.

“We will utilize this postponement to continue to actively mature Bay du Nord towards a successful development,” said Tore Løseth, head of Equinor Canada, as reported by the CBC. A spokesperson said that the project has incurred “significant cost increases” in recent months, due in part to a volatile market.

Trond Bokn, senior vice-president of project development, said that the project is still important for Equinor. “We will now look at the project again to see if we can do further optimizations to our concept and strategies,” the CBC quoted Bokn as saying.

Bay du Nord is made of up five oil discoveries. Equinor said that it will continue to assess exploration drilling around the field in 2024.

Charlene Johnson, the head of Energy N.L., addressed the news at the conference shortly after Equinor broke the news. “Clearly this is extremely disappointing news for everyone in this room, and the entire industry and our province,” Johnson was reported to have said. She noted that the project has already seen numerous delays.

The news also comes less than two months after Equinor contracted a Canadian company to carry out the front-end engineering design (FEED) work on the project. According to the CBC reporting, Canadian energy analysts indicated that it is likely that the cost estimates for the project have been coming in, and are reflecting worldwide difficulties in sourcing materials from troubled supply chains.

Johnson said that Energy N.L. will remain in contact with Equinor over the coming weeks and still feels there are reasons for optimism. “This is just another bump in the road to what we still feel will be a successful project,” she said.

06.14.2023