赤道几内亚马拉博 - 赤道几内亚矿业和碳氢化合物部宣布了 2019 年石油、天然气和采矿面积许可轮的获奖者。

该轮融资于 4 月正式启动，吸引了 53 家国际和国内公司的兴趣，其中 17 家公司提交了正式投标，7 家公司获得了 9 个区块的特许权。

位于尼日尔盆地的EG-27区块（原R区块）被授予俄罗斯能源跨国公司卢克石油公司和GEPetrol。位于尼日尔盆地的 EG-23 区块被授予 WalterSmith、Hawtai Energy 和 GEPetrol，该区块发现了 Estaurolita 天然气。Duala 盆地的 EG-09 项目被授予 Noble Energy 和 GEPetrol。在Rio Muni盆地，EG-18被授予非洲石油公司和GEPetrol；EG-03 至 Vaalco Energy、Levene Energy 和 GEPetrol；EG-04 至 Vaalco Energy、Levene Energy 和 GEPetrol；EG-19 至 Vaalco Energy、Levene Energy 和 GEPetrol；Block P 为 Vaalco Energy、Levene Energy 和 GEPetrol；以及将 EG-28 阻滞至 GEPetrol。

 “这表明赤道几内亚可以吸引石油界投资者的浓厚兴趣。希望明年我们能够为我国吸引更多投资。”加布里埃尔·奥比昂阁下说道。

矿业和碳氢化合物部还与俄罗斯地质研究公司Rosgeo和委内瑞拉国有石油公司PDVSA签署了合作协议，研究该国大陆的潜在陆上矿区。

该部的目标是尽快签署产品分成合同，进入下一阶段的谈判。为了与潜在投资者更好地合作，所有区块均以“钻取或放弃”的方式提供，签名奖金减少至至少 100 万美元，并取消了所有资格预审要求。“钻或停”政策为每家公司提供了最初的两年时间来勘探、处理地震数据、确定井位、在必要时引入额外投资并开始钻探。只有在此期限之后，公司才有机会评估并降低所获得数据的风险，公司才必须决定是否要继续勘探井或放弃其许可证。

赤道几内亚的下一轮许可将于 2020 年进行，其中将包括一套不同的标准，用于选择潜在区块和新竞标面积。

 

MALABO, EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Equatorial Guinea’s Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons has announced the winners of the 2019 licensing round for its oil, gas and mining acreage.

Officially launched in April, the round received interest from 53 international and national companies, with 17 companies submitting official bids and seven companies awarded concessions for nine blocks.

Block EG-27 (formerly Block R) in the Niger Basin, was awarded to Russian energy multinational Lukoil and GEPetrol. Block EG-23 in the Niger Basin, which hosts the Estaurolita gas discovery, was granted to WalterSmith, Hawtai Energy and GEPetrol. EG-09 in the Duala Basin was awarded to Noble Energy and GEPetrol. In the Rio Muni Basin, EG-18 was awarded to Africa Oil Corporation and GEPetrol; EG-03 to Vaalco Energy, Levene Energy and GEPetrol; EG-04 to Vaalco Energy, Levene Energy and GEPetrol; EG-19 to Vaalco Energy, Levene Energy and GEPetrol; Block P to Vaalco Energy, Levene Energy and GEPetrol; and Block EG-28 to GEPetrol.

 “This demonstrates that Equatorial Guinea can attract significant interest of investors in the petroleum community. Hopefully, next year we will attract even more investments to our country,” H.E Gabriel Obiang, remarked.

The Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons has also signed a cooperative agreement with Russian geological research company Rosgeo and Venezuelan state-owned oil company PDVSA for the study of prospective onshore mining area on the country’s mainland.

The Ministry aims to sign production sharing contracts as soon as possible to enter into the next phase of negotiation. To work more collaboratively with potential investors, all of the blocks were offered on a drill-or-drop basis, with a reduction of signature bonuses to a minimum of $1 million and elimination of all pre-qualification requirements. The drill-or-drop policy provides each company with an initial two-year period to explore, process seismic data, define well locations, bring in additional investment, if necessary, and begin drilling. Only after this period, in which a company has the opportunity to evaluate and reduce its risk from the data obtained, will the company have to decide whether it wants to proceed with the exploration well or relinquish its license.

Equatorial Guinea’s next licensing round will take place in 2020 and will include a different set of criteria by which to select potential blocks and new acreage on which to bid.