挪威Equinor ASA及其合作伙伴11月22日表示，他们将投资148亿挪威克朗（14.4亿美元）开发挪威海的Irpa天然气发现。

该合作伙伴的开发计划显示，该海底项目的目标是生产约 20 Bcm 的天然气，通过位于 Irpa 以东约 80 公里（50 英里）的 Aasta Hansteen 平台出口到欧洲。

Irpa（以前称为 Asterix）的水深约为 1,300 m（4,300 英尺），是挪威近海开发的最深发现之一，也是该国在北极圈以北的第四个生产油田。

挪威能源部在一份声明中表示，“当产量逐渐下降时，Irpa 的开发将利用 Hansteen 平台上的可用处理能力，同时有助于延长 Hansteen 油田的寿命”。

开发计划显示，预计生产将于 2026 年最后一个季度开始，一直持续到 2039 年。目前尚不清楚在产量高峰时每天可以抽取多少天然气。

该油田的运营商 Equinor 拥有 Irpa 许可证 51% 的股份，其中国有的 Petoro 持股 20%，Wintershall Dea 持股 19%，壳牌持股 10%。

（1 美元 = 10.2451 挪威克朗）

Norway’s Equinor ASA and its partners on Nov. 22 said they would invest 14.8 billion Norwegian crowns (US$1.44 billion) in developing the Irpa gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea.

The subsea project aims to produce around 20 Bcm of natural gas for export to Europe via the Aasta Hansteen platform some 80 km (50 miles) east of Irpa, the partnership’s development plan showed.

The water depth of around 1,300 m (4,300 ft) makes Irpa, previously known as Asterix, one of the deepest finds to be developed offshore Norway and the country’s fourth producing petroleum field north of the Arctic circle.

“The Irpa development will use available processing capacity on the Hansteen platform when production gradually declines and at the same time contribute to extending the life of the Hansteen field,” Norway’s energy ministry said in a statement.

Production is expected to start in the final quarter of 2026 and last until 2039, the development plan showed. It was not immediately clear how much gas could be pumped each day at peak production.

Equinor, the field’s operator, has a 51% stake in the Irpa license, with state-owned Petoro holding 20%, Wintershall Dea 19% and Shell 10%.

(US$1 = 10.2451 Norwegian crowns)