真力时能源收购刚果石油生产资产

据油田技术7月7日消息称，加拿大真力时能源公司已与刚果的一家当地石油和天然气公司签订了合资协议。

该协议的主要目标是获得陆上石油生产许可证，2019年该地区已探明的Mengo地层的产量约为300桶/天。生产目前已暂停，等待新许可证的发放。

潜在的收购地点位于刚果共和国的Kouilou地区，靠近该国第二大城市黑角，并且也在该公司最近收购的石油生产资产附近。

首席执行官Andrea Cattaneo评论说：“众所周知，公司的高级管理人员目前在刚果共和国与有关当局进行谈判，以获得与极具前景的罗非鱼资产有关的25年新许可证。我们在刚果黑角和首都布拉柴维尔等城市的业务，为我们获得一些极具吸引力的国内机会提供了便利。鉴于最近油价下跌，这些机会在商业上更具吸引力。

潜在的收购有两个关键的特点，使其与我们的投资组合高度兼容:短期盈利的生产潜力和逐步提高产量的重大开发潜力，由于潜在的巨大石油储量，需要根据加拿大国家文书51-101进行独立评估。”

曹海斌 摘译自 油田技术

原文如下：

Zenith Energy enters partnership for acquisition of oil production asset in Republic of the Congo

Zenith Energy has entered into a joint venture agreement with a local oil and gas company in the Republic of the Congo.

The primary objective of the agreement is the potential acquisition of an onshore oil production licence last producing at a rate of approximately 300 bpd from the regionally proven Mengo formation as recently as 2019. Production has currently been suspended pending the assignation of a new licence.

The potential acquisition is located in the Kouilou region of the Republic of the Congo in proximity of Pointe-Noire, the country’s second largest city, and is also in the vicinity of Tilapia, the company’s recently acquired oil production asset.

Andrea Cattaneo, CEO, commented: "As is known by shareholders, the company’s senior management is currently in the Republic of the Congo conducting negotiations with the relevant authorities for the attribution of a new 25-year licence in relation to the highly prospective Tilapia asset. Our presence in the cities of Pointe-Noire and Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, has facilitated access to a number of compelling domestic opportunities, which have become even more commercially attractive in view of the recent decline in oil prices.

The potential acquisition has two key qualities that render it highly compatible to our portfolio: near-term profitable production potential and significant development potential to progressively maximise production on account of the potentially highly significant oil reserves in place which will require independent evaluation under Canadian National Instrument 51-101."