Pantheon资源公司宣布阿拉斯加重大石油发现

据今日油价4月9日报道，总部位于英国的石油勘探公司Pantheon资源公司的高管告诉《阿拉斯加商业期刊》称，在用现代技术评估了一口老勘探井之后，其在阿拉斯加拥有18亿桶的巨大石油发现。

Pantheon资源公司首席执行官Jay Cheatham在接受《阿拉斯加商业杂志》采访时表示，尽管油价低廉，但Pantheon资源公司认为，如果油价在每桶30美元左右，这一发现可能会变成商业化和可行性的发现。

该发现位于普拉德霍湾以南，沿着道尔顿高速公路和跨阿拉斯加管道系统走廊。根据Cheatham的说法，靠近道尔顿高速公路对于该公司开发资源非常有利。

Cheatham表示，名为塔利萨的这项发现或许能够生产多达5亿桶石油，而峰值石油日产量则可能接近9万桶。

该公司还有另一个勘探区，Greater Alkaid，其认为最高日产量可能高达3万桶，可采石油资源为7600万桶。

该公司经理称，地理位置和与高速公路的邻近性可以使Pantheon资源公司全年工作，并节省基础设施的费用，例如通往石油勘探的道路。

Pantheon资源公司在其网站上称，该公司持有东德克萨斯州和阿拉斯加北坡（ANS）前景区的大部分股份，P50技术可采资源量总计超过12亿桶油当量。

根据一份2020年1月发布的独立专家报告显示，Pantheon资源公司拥有Greater Alkaid 100%的股权，该地区发现了或有可采资源量7650万桶石油。

Pantheon资源认为，其可以使阿拉斯加的资源在油价30美元可行，但美国阿拉斯加最依赖税收和石油和天然气工业的其他收入，可能会在油价崩盘后引起严重的预算头痛。

郝芬 译自 今日油价

原文如下：

Small Oil Firm Reports Huge Alaska Oil Discovery

UK-based oil exploration firm Pantheon Resources believes it has a huge 1.8-billion-barrel oil discovery in Alaska after evaluating an old exploration well with modern technology, the company’s top executives told the Alaska Journal of Commerce.

Despite the low oil prices, Pantheon Resources believes that the discovery could become commercial and viable at oil prices around $30 per barrel, Jay Cheatham, chief executive at Pantheon Resources, told the Alaska Journal of Commerce in an interview.

The discovery is south of Prudhoe Bay and along the Dalton Highway and Trans-Alaska Pipeline System corridor. The proximity to Dalton Highway is very advantageous for the company to develop the resource, according to Cheatham.

The discovery, named Talitha, could be able to produce as much as 500 million barrels of oil, while peak oil production could be almost 90,000 barrels per day (bpd), Cheatham said.

The company has another prospect, Greater Alkaid, for which it believes peak production could be as high as 30,000 bpd, with recoverable oil resources at 76 million barrels.

The location and the proximity to the highway could allow Pantheon Resources to work all year round and save money for infrastructure such as roads to the oil discovery, the manager said

Pantheon Resources holds majority stakes in prospects in East Texas and the Alaskan North Slope (ANS) with a combined P50 Technically Recoverable Resource estimated to exceed 1.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent, the company says on its website.

An Independent Experts Report from January 2020 on Pantheon Resources’ 100-percent owned Greater Alkaid found a Contingent Recoverable Resource of 76.5 million barrels of oil.

While Pantheon Resources believes it can make its Alaska resources viable at $30 oil, Alaska, the U.S. state most dependent on taxes and other income from the oil and gas industry, could be in for a severe budgetary headache after the oil price crash.