位于库尔德的油田可能是整个伊拉克最大的天然气田

据路透社7月28日沙迦报道，达纳天然气，一家区域性私营天然气公司，在Gaffney Cline Associates，GCA最近对储量进行认证之后，其在伊利诺伊州库尔德地区的Pearl Petroleum Company的Khor Mor和Chemchemal油田的已证明的可能（2P）碳氢化合物储量的份额增加了10％。

由加夫尼克莱恩代表珍珠石油公司编制的独立审计报告显示，达纳天然气（珍珠石油公司35％股东）的总份额相当于10.87亿桶石油当量MMboe，高于GCA时的990 MMboe ，达纳天然气周日发布的新闻稿称，2016年4月首次对这些油田进行了认证。

这证实了位于库尔德的油田可能是整个伊拉克最大的天然气田。储备的增加部分是由于首次在Khor Mor油田预订石油储备。

GCA最近的报告证实，达纳天然气在Khor Mor和Chemchemal 2P储量中的份额为4.4万亿立方英尺天然气（2016年：5.3万亿立方英尺），1.36亿桶凝析油（2016年：109百万桶），1330万公吨液化石油气和18百万桶油，相当于1,087 MMboe，而2016年4月为990 MMboe。

首席执行官帕特里克博士Allman-Ward 说:“Cline报告独立消息来源证实达纳天然气的2p储量在伊拉克库尔德地区的资产超过10亿桶石油当量,我们相信豪尔铁道部和Chemchemal领域最有可能最大的天然气田,不仅在伊拉克库尔德地区,但整个伊拉克,使其世界级的资产。”他补充说:“我们的审计人员第一次在霍尔莫尔正式登记石油储量，这也是令人满意的。我们认为，这只是冰山一角，证实了我们对70多亿桶石油资源潜力的估计。这些额外的资源声明将作为我们未来发展计划的基础，为满足该地区发电和工业发展的需要提供可靠的能源来源。”今年早些时候，明珠石油公司与库尔德地区政府签署了一项为期20年的天然气销售协议，该协议将促进另外250万立方米/天天然气的生产和销售。珍珠石油公司的扩张计划将使产量在2022年增加到650百万立方英尺/天，到2023年从目前的400百万立方英尺/天增加到900百万立方英尺/天。

该新闻稿称，由于石油价格在每桶60美元至70美元之间，这两条新的天然气生产线将分别为该公司每年的收入和项目现金流量产生1.75亿至2亿美元。

薛珂 编译自 路透社

原文如下：

Dana Gas announces new oil discovery in Kurdistan, Iraq

Dana Gas, a regional private sector natural gas company, has announced that its share of the proved plus probable (2P) hydrocarbon reserves at Pearl Petroleum Company’s Khor Mor and Chemchemal Fields in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq have increased by 10 percent, following the recent certification of reserves by Gaffney Cline Associates, GCA.

The independently audited report, prepared by Gaffney Cline on behalf of Pearl Petroleum, showed that the total share for Dana Gas (35 percent shareholder in Pearl Petroleum), is equivalent to 1,087 million barrels of oil equivalent, MMboe, up from 990 MMboe when GCA first certified the fields in April 2016, said a press release issued by Dana Gas on Sunday.

This confirms that the fields located in Kurdistan could be the biggest gas fields in the whole of Iraq. The reserves were boosted in part by the booking of oil reserves in the Khor Mor Field for the first time.

GCA’s most recent report confirmed that Dana Gas’s share of the Khor Mor and Chemchemal 2P reserves was 4.4 trillion cubic feet gas (2016: 5.3 Tcf), 136 million barrels of condensate (2016: 109 MMbbls), 13.3 million metric tonnes liquefied petroleum gas, and 18 MMbls of oil, the equivalent of 1,087 MMboe, as compared to 990 MMboe in April 2016.

Commenting on the announcement, Dr. Patrick Allman-Ward, CEO of Dana Gas, said, "The Gaffney Cline report has independently confirmed Dana Gas’ 2P reserves in our Kurdistan Region of Iraq assets at over 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent and our belief that the Khor Mor and Chemchemal Fields will most likely be the biggest gas fields, not just in the Kurdistan Region Iraq, but the whole of Iraq, making them world-class assets." He added, "It is also satisfying to see that our auditors have formally booked oil reserves for the first time in Khor Mor. We believe that this is just the tip of the iceberg confirming our estimate of oil resource potential of over 7 billion barrels. These additional resource declarations will underpin our future development plans, which will provide a reliable source of energy to meet the needs of electricity generation as well as industrial development in the region." Earlier in the year, Pearl Petroleum signed a 20-year gas sale agreement with the Kurdistan Regional Government that will facilitate the production and sale of an additional 250 MMscf/d of gas. Pearl Petroleum’s expansion plan will see output increase to 650 MMscf/day in 2022, and then to 900 MMscf/day by 2023 from the current 400 MMscf/day.

With the price of oil ranging between US$60 and US$70 per barrel, each of these two new gas production trains will generate between $175 to $200 million to the company’s share of revenue and project’s cash flows per annum, said the press release.