中国石化新闻网讯 据Rigzone网4月5日消息 德州拥有石油和天然气人才基地，成功开发了二叠纪盆地和鹰福特页岩等世界级非常规资源，在其广阔的疆域内拥有强大的世界级专业知识储备。
中东最小的国家希望进口一些像德克萨斯州那么大的技术，来开发大规模的石油和天然气发现。
巴林石油部长、巴林国家石油和天然气管理局（NOGA）局长Shaikh Mohamed bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa本周将访问孤星州以吸引美国的运营和服务公司考虑在这个阿拉伯海湾国家开展业务。
2018年NOGA宣布在巴林盆地的浅水区发现了该国有史以来最大的石油和天然气。能源部与DeGolyer、MacNaughton、Halliburton和Schlumberger一起对这一发现进行了评估，报告称这一发现至少可储存800亿桶致密油(P50)以及10到20万亿立方英尺的深层天然气储量。
Al-Khalifa表示：“这一发现显然是一个增加石油产量的机会，但也有丰富的天然气资源，比如德克萨斯州的鹰福特、二叠纪和乙烷以及其他天然气液体。我们正接近该地区一些最大的乙烷加工厂。”
“我们试图了解这里发生的现象的,看看我们可以吸引一些企业定位在巴林,”Al-Khalifa补充称该王国建立了一个虚拟数据空间以更好地解释资源质量。我们正在收集信息，并试图为企业建立正确的投资结构并应用他们的技术。”
该部长表示，巴林与美国签署的自由贸易协定，加上巴林与沙特阿拉伯和其他海湾合作委员会成员国关系密切，使巴林成为该地区商业机会的良好起点。此外，他指出巴林拥有“对外国公司来说非常自由和宽松的环境”。
目前就初步迹象看来是积极的，即两个钻机，一个由Helmerich和Payne操作，另一个由Trinidad钻井公司操作，且正在根据一个为期两年的钻井计划进行动员以评估资源。
吴慧丹 摘译自 Rigzone
原文如下：
Bahrain Seeks US Partners for Offshore Shale Discovery
Home to the oil and gas talent base that has successfully developed world-class unconventional resource plays such as the Permian Basin and the Eagle Ford Shale, Texas boasts a formidable storehouse of world-class expertise within its extensive borders.
The smallest country in the Middle East wants to import some of that Texas-sized know-how to develop a massive oil and gas discovery.
Shaikh Mohamed bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa, Bahrain’s oil minister who leads the island kingdom’s National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA), is visiting the Lone Star State this week to entice U.S. operating and service companies to consider doing business in the Arabian Gulf country.
In 2018, NOGA announced the kingdom’s largest-ever oil and gas discovery in the shallow waters of the Khalij Al-Bahrain Basin. The ministry, working alongside DeGolyer and MacNaughton, Halliburton and Schlumberger to assess the find, has reported that the discovery could hold at least 80 billion barrels of tight oil in place – on a P50 basis – and deep gas reserves ranging from 10 to 20 trillion cubic feet.
“This discovery is obviously an opportunity to increase production of oil but also rich gas – like in Texas with the Eagle Ford and Permian and ethane and other natural gas liquids,” Al-Khalifa told. “We’re close to some of the region’s largest ethane processing facilities.”
“We’re trying to learn from the phenomenon that happened here and see if we can attract some of the companies to locate in Bahrain,” said Al-Khalifa, adding that the kingdom has set up a virtual data room and has “invested money” to better explain the quality of the resource to interested parties. “We’re collecting information and trying to set up the right structure for companies to invest. We want them to apply their technologies.”
Al-Khalifa added that Bahrain’s free trade agreement with the United States, coupled with its close proximity to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Cooperation Council countries, make the kingdom a good launching pad for business opportunities in the region. Moreover, he noted that Bahrain boasts a “very liberal and relaxed environment for foreign companies.”
The oil minister declined that early signs appear positive. A pair of rigs, one operated by Helmerich and Payne and another by Trinidad Drilling, are currently mobilized under a two-year drilling program to evaluate the resource.
