TXO Partners 1 月 16 日宣布，圣胡安盆地曼科斯页岩中可能蕴藏着价值 3 万亿立方英尺当量的石油和天然气资产。

圣胡安盆地位于新墨西哥州西北部和科罗拉多州南部的边界。

TXO 董事长兼首席执行官 Bob R. Simpson 在一份新闻稿中表示，“曼科斯页岩是一个即将开采的巨型天然气田，我们在该气田中占有 58,500 英亩的连续生产地块。”

以石油当量计算，该公司认为该油田的产量可能是其当前储量基础的五倍。该公司表示，在油田附近进行的偏移钻探已证实了结果。

TXO 生产和开发总裁 Gary D. Simpson 表示，TXO 计划开发该油田的 3,520 英亩土地作为该剧的第一阶段开发。

该公司估计，这一地点蕴藏着约 2000 亿立方英尺至 3000 亿立方英尺的天然气，估计每口钻井可产出 250 亿立方英尺当量天然气。TXO 表示，这一地点还有可能使其现有天然气储量几乎翻一番。

加里辛普森说：“我们希望在经济上合适的时间和速度进行钻探、开发和货币化。”

TXO Partners announced Jan. 16 a potential play of 3 Tcfe of oil and gas assets in the Mancos Shale of the San Juan Basin.

The San Juan Basin lies along the border of northwest New Mexico and southern Colorado.

“The Mancos Shale is an upcoming, giant natural gas field where we hold a 58,500 contiguous-acre position that is held by production,” said Bob R. Simpson, TXO chairman and CEO, in a press release.

On an oil-equivalent basis, the company believes the field could yield five times its current reserve base. Offset drilling on the acreage adjoining the field has confirmed results, the company said.

TXO plans to exploit a 3,520-acre parcel of the field as Phase 1 development in the play, said Gary D. Simpson, TXO president of production and development.

The company estimates that this single position holds about 200 Bcf to 300 Bcf of natural gas with 25 Bcfe estimated per drill well. The position also has the potential to almost double its existing natural gas reserves, TXO said.

“We expect to drill, develop, and monetize at an economically opportune time and pace,” Gary Simpson said.