中国石化新闻网讯 据普氏能源资讯伦敦8月31日消息称,知情人士周五表示,利比亚本周原油产量再次小幅上升,该国东部两个较小油田的产量增加。
由于目前其所有石油码头都开放,该国的原油产量已攀升至两个月以来的高点约100万桶/日。
另外两个东部油田—阿马尔和萨拉—也为利比亚的出口做出了贡献。这两个油田的原油都被混合到从利比亚的拉斯拉努夫石油码头运来Amna原油中。
德国运营萨拉油田的温特沙尔公司中一位发言人证实,该油田的产量正在逐步增加。
该发言人表示:“8月底,我们重新启动了C96(油田)的生产,产能高达50,000桶/天。产量仍取决于外部出口管道的可用性和装载码头的容量。”
知情人士称,由利比亚国有石油公司和加拿大石油公司合资的企业Harouge Oil Operations,将Amal油田的产量提高至25,000桶/天。
知情人士补充说,由于7月和8月的维护,该油田的产量仅为8,000桶/天。
截至周六,拉斯拉努夫码头仅接收30,000桶/天的原油,而今年1月至5月则为125,000桶/天。
但是,在6月份利比亚东部石油港口的战斗中,一些原油储罐被摧毁,只留下了四个。有限的存储容量可能是出口的主要制约因素。
根据普氏能源资讯数据,上一艘从拉斯拉努夫装载的油轮是Stemnitsa,该船于周四起航,目前正驶往意大利的里雅斯特港。
包括As-Sarah在内的NC-96和NC-97区块的运营商Wintershall自2017年初以来就其合同条款一直与NOC发生争执。
去年11月由于抗议活动,Wintershall被迫关闭了As-Sarah油田,情况变得很复杂。它只是在1月底重新开放。
曹海斌 摘译自普氏能源资讯
原文如下:
Libya crude oil output boosted by Amal, As-Sarah fields
Libya's crude oil production edged up again this week, with increased output from two smaller fields in the east of the country, sources said Friday.
With all its oil terminals currently open, the country's crude output has climbed to over two-month highs of around 1 million b/d.
Two more eastern oil fields -- Amal and As-Sarah -- are also back contributing to Libya's exports. Crudes from both fields are blended into the Amna crude stream which is shipped from Libya's Ras Lanuf oil terminal.
A spokesman from Germany's Wintershall which operates the As-Sarah field confirmed output was gradually ramping up.
"End of August we were able to start up production in C96 [oil block] again with a capacity of up to 50,000 b/d. Production volumes are still depending on availability of external export pipelines and capacity of loading terminals," the spokesman said.
Harouge Oil Operations, a joint venture of state-owned National Oil Corp. and PetroCanada, raised output from the Amal field to 25,000 b/d, sources said.
The field had been producing at just 8,000 b/d due to maintenance in July and August, the sources added.
The Ras Lanuf terminal was only receiving 30,000 b/d of crude as of Saturday, compared to 125,000 b/d in January to May this year.
But a number of its crude storage tanks were destroyed during fighting in June over Libya's eastern oil ports, leaving just four intact. The limited storage capacity could prove a key constraint on exports.
The last tanker to load from Ras Lanuf was the Stemnitsa, which sailed Thursday and is currently heading to the Italian port of Trieste, according to S&P Global Platts trade flow software cFlow.
Wintershall, the operator of the NC-96 and NC-97 blocks, which includes As-Sarah, has been locked in a dispute with NOC since the beginning of 2017 over the terms of its contract.
The situation was complicated last November by Wintershall being forced to shut the As-Sarah field due to protests. It was only re-opened in late-January.?