埃及原油产量创历史新高

据油价网9月24日报道，Al-Monitor援引埃及石油和矿产资源部部长Tarek el-Molla的话报道称，埃及最近宣布其原油日产量已超过65万桶，为上世纪50年代末以来首次。

埃及通用石油公司(General Petroleum Company)的Tarek el-Molla在本月早些时候主持的公司股东大会上表示，该公司将致力于推动新油井和基础设施的开发。

埃及的大部分原油产量来自西部沙漠地区，占56％，其次是苏伊士湾，占23％，东部沙漠占埃及当前石油产量的12％，西奈半岛占总产量的9％。

埃及Petrobel公司负责人Atef Hassan对Al-Monitor表示，在开发了苏伊士海湾的油田后，埃及目前的天然气日产量约为11亿立方英尺，原油日产量近70万桶。

埃及的原油产量并不高，但其地中海水域拥有地中海最大的天然气发现——两年前开始生产的大型祖尔气田。

在2018年初祖尔气田投产后，埃及成为地中海地区的重要参与者。祖尔在帮助埃及避免进口液化天然气(LNG)方面发挥了关键作用。

在意大利的埃尼（Eni）于2015年发现祖尔气田之后，近年来，埃及一直是东地中海“天然气热潮”的中心，称这是地中海有史以来最大的天然气发现。

本月早些时候，埃尼和英国石油公司宣布在地中海尼罗河三角洲水域发现新的天然气。

在有关地中海东部的最新交易中，美国超级巨头雪佛龙(Chevron)将收购诺贝尔能源(Noble Energy)在以色列和塞浦路斯近海的天然气资产，此前雪佛龙已达成最终协议，以50亿美元的全股票交易方式收购总部位于休斯顿的诺贝尔能源。

郝芬 译自 油价网

原文如下：

Egypt Boasts Record Crude Oil Production

Egypt has recently announced its crude oil production has exceeded 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) for the first time since the late 1950s, Al-Monitor reports, quoting Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek el-Molla.

Egypt’s General Petroleum Company will aim to boost the development of new oil wells and infrastructure, Tarek el-Molla said at the general meeting of the company which he presided earlier this month.

Most of Egypt’s crude oil production comes from the Western Desert region, 56 percent, followed by the Gulf of Suez with 23 percent, the Eastern Desert accounts for 12 percent of Egypt’s current oil production, and the Sinai Peninsula represents 9 percent of output.

Egypt currently produces some 1.1 billion cubic feet of gas per day and almost 700,000 bpd of crude oil, after having developed production fields in the Gulf of Suez, Atef Hassan, head of one of the local companies, Petrobel, told Al-Monitor.

Egypt’s crude oil production numbers are modest, but its waters in the Mediterranean hold the largest natural gas discovery in the Mediterranean Sea, the giant Zohr field which began production two years ago.

Following the start-up of the Zohr field in early 2018, Egypt became an essential player in the Mediterranean. Zohr has played a crucial role in helping Egypt to avoid the need to import liquefied natural gas (LNG).

In recent years, Egypt has been at the center of a ‘natural gas rush’ in the Eastern Mediterranean after Italy’s Eni discovered the Zohr field in 2015, saying it was the largest ever gas discovery in the Mediterranean.

Earlier this month, Eni and BP announced a new gas discovery in the Mediterranean, in the waters of the Nile Delta.

In one of the latest deals concerning the Eastern Mediterranean, U.S. supermajor Chevron will scoop up Noble Energy’s natural gas assets offshore Israel and Cyprus after it entered into a definitive agreement to buy Houston-based Noble Energy in an all-stock transaction valued at US$5 billion.