英国监管机构OGA启动勘探许可证竞争

据海外媒体3月8日伦敦报道，为刺激英国大陆架进一步海上油气勘探活动，英国行业监管机构英国石油和天然气管理局（OGA）日前启动了一次与今后勘探许可证出售招标有关的竞争。

这个耗资70万美元（50万英镑）的竞争被设计用来鼓励地质学家和工程师使用在去年英国政府资助的Rockall盆地和Mid North Sea高地地区地震测量期间采集的数据来创新和开发产品潜力。

成功申请者可以获得高达4.27万美元（3万英镑）的“种子基金”来进行初步的分析。随后两名获胜候选人可以获得大约14.2万美元（10万英镑）的资金来把他们的工作开发成一个最终产品供OGA使用。

OGA希望这个竞争不仅大大增加对那些今年晚些时候举行的第29届Seaward许可证出售招标提供的边缘地区的了解，而且还为已受到油气工业低迷影响的油气社区内留住人才。

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原文如下：

UK regulator launches exploration license competition

Global Oil & Gas News

3/8/2016

LONDON -- The Oil and Gas Authority—the UK’s industry regulator—has launched a competition linked to future exploration licensing rounds in order to stimulate further offshore oil and gas exploration activity in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS).

The $700,000(￡500,000) competition has been designed to encourage geoscientists and engineers to develop innovative interpretations and products potentially using the data acquired during last year’s government-funded seismic surveys of the Rockall basin and Mid North Sea High (MNSH) areas.

Successful applicants may be awarded up to $42,700 (￡30,000) ‘seed funding’ to carry out initial analysis, then two winning candidates may be awarded around $142,000 (￡100,000) to develop their work into a final product for use by the OGA.

It is hoped the competition will not only significantly increase the understanding of these frontier areas in respect of the 29th Seaward Licensing Round later in the year, but also retain talent in the oil and gas community, which has been affected by the oil and gas industry downturn.