在西非近海，新兴石油和天然气市场正在从老牌生产强国手中夺走勘探和开发资金。

伍德麦肯兹的两位分析师表示，长期主导海上生产的国家正在努力解决各种问题，而新兴地区往往会提供更具吸引力的财政条件来鼓励投资。

WoodMac 撒哈拉以南非洲上游石油和天然气高级研究分析师利亚姆·耶茨 (Liam Yates) 表示，在科特迪瓦和纳米比亚有一些大型海上发现。

Offshore West Africa, emerging oil and gas markets are drawing exploration and development dollars away from established production powerhouses.

Countries that have long dominated offshore production are struggling through a variety of issues while emerging areas tend to offer more appealing fiscal terms to encourage investment, according to a pair of Wood Mackenzie analysts.

There have been some large offshore discoveries in Ivory Coast and Namibia, said Liam Yates, WoodMac’s senior research analyst for Sub-Saharan Africa upstream oil and gas.