TotalEnergies 与其合作伙伴卡塔尔能源公司 (QatarEnergy) 已同意从 Africa Oil South Africa、Azinam（Eco Atlantic Oil and Gas 的全资子公司）和 Ricocure 手中收购南非近海 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% 的权益。 3B/4B区块位于物产丰富的奥兰治盆地内，距离南非西海岸200公里，占地17,581平方公里。

TotalEnergies 勘探高级副总裁凯文·麦克拉克兰 (Kevin McLachlan) 表示，“继金星在纳米比亚取得成功之后，TotalEnergies 将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。”

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) 补充道：“我们很高兴与我们的战略合作伙伴 TotalEnergies 一起进入这个区块，我们期待与我们的合作伙伴和卡塔尔能源公司共同努力。”南非相关政府实体进一步评估该区块的潜力。

Together with its partner QatarEnergy, TotalEnergies has agreed to acquire participating interests in Block 3B/4B, offshore South Africa, from Africa Oil South Africa, Azinam – a wholly owned subsidiary of Eco Atlantic Oil and Gas – and Ricocure.

When the transaction is completed, TotalEnergies will hold a 33% participating interest in Block 3B/4B and assume operatorship, while QatarEnergy will hold a 24% interest. Located within the prolific Orange basin, 200 km off the western coast of South Africa, Block 3B/4B covers an area of 17,581 km².

“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 VP of Exploration at TotalEnergies.

Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, the Minister of State for Energy Affairs, President and CEO of QatarEnergy, added, “We are pleased to enter this block together with our strategic partner TotalEnergies, and we look forward to working together with our partners and the relevant government entities in South Africa to further assess this block’s potential.”