加拿大纽芬兰和拉布拉多近海石油委员会 (C-NLOPB) 已批准埃克森美孚在加拿大东部近海运营的希伯伦油田的开发计划修正案。

批准将使埃克森美孚及其合作伙伴能够在 Jeanne dérc 地层内开发沙子，这些沙子未包含在最初的希伯伦开发计划中。

今年夏天，埃克森美孚致函监管机构，提议根据钻探作业的结果在原计划中增加新资产。这家超级巨头表示，扩张将“优化发展，提供最大的经济成功机会，同时减少浪费。”

根据 C-NLOPB 的说法，额外的开发活动不需要改变安装、现场设备部署、运营、运输活动或安全区范围，也不需要新的挖掘钻探中心或钻探装置。

自2017 年开始生产以来，埃克森美孚实施了新技术和多项运营变革，以识别、减轻和减少希伯伦油田的温室气体 (GHG) 排放。

希伯伦油田位于加拿大纽芬兰和拉布拉多近海，位于圣约翰东南 340 公里处的圣女贞德盆地。该油田于 1980 年首次发现。

希伯伦的主体是一个基于重力的结构（GBS），由钢筋混凝土结构组成，旨在承受海冰、冰山以及气象和海洋条件。该设施设计可储存约 120 万桶原油。

在审查埃克森美孚的最新申请期间，C-NLOPB 工作人员完成了对地层最有可能可采石油和或有气体估计的重新评估。已证实和可能 (2P) 估计最终采收率 (EUR) 目前为 1.65 亿桶油当量。2012 年估计，该地层可采收约 1.32 亿桶油当量。

C-NLOPB 工作人员还根据 Hibernia 地层钻探和 1 池产量重新评估了 1 池和希伯伦油田 Hibernia 地层的欧元和或有天然气估算。1 池的 2P 欧元增加至 5.96 亿桶2012 年预计产量为 5.6 亿桶。Hibernia 地层的估计产量从 2012 年的 1500 万桶增至近 5900 万桶。

The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) has approved the Development Plan Amendment for the ExxonMobil-operated Hebron field offshore eastern Canada.

The green light will enable ExxonMobil and its partners to develop sands within the Jeanne d’Arc formation that were not covered in the original Hebron Development Plan.

This summer, ExxonMobil wrote to the regulator proposing to add new assets to the original plan due to findings from drilling operations. According to the supermajor, expanding will “enable optimization of the development and provide the maximum chance of economic success while reducing waste.”

According to the C-NLOPB, the additional development activities will not require changes to the installation, equipment deployment in the field, operations, shipping activities, or the extent of safety zones, and no new excavated drill centers or drilling installations will be required.

Since the start of production in 2017, ExxonMobil has implemented new technology and several operational changes to identify, mitigate, and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at the Hebron field.

The Hebron field is located offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, in the Jeanne d'Arc basin 340 km southeast of St. John’s. The field was first discovered in 1980.

Hebron’s host is a gravity-based structure (GBS) comprising a reinforced concrete structure designed to withstand sea ice, icebergs, and meteorological and oceanographic conditions. The facility is designed to store approximately 1.2 million bbl of crude oil.

During review of ExxonMobil’s latest application, C-NLOPB staff completed a reassessment of the most likely recoverable oil and contingent gas estimates for the formation. The proven and probable (2P) estimated ultimate recovery (EUR) now stands at 165 million BOE. An estimate in 2012 believed around 132 million BOE could be recoverable from the formation.

C-NLOPB staff also reassessed the EUR and contingent gas estimates for Pool 1 and the Hibernia formation for the Hebron field, based on learnings from drilling in the Hibernia formation and production from Pool 1. The 2P EUR for Pool 1 increased to 596 million bbl from the 2012 estimate of 560 million bbl. The estimate for the Hibernia formation grew to almost 59 million bbl from 15 million in 2012.