未来两年北海退役开支或将削减5亿英镑

中国石化新闻网讯 据能源之声网站8月20日报道 英国石油天然气公司（OGUK）已将未来两年北海退役开支的预测削减了5亿英镑。

该贸易机构编制了一份年度退役洞察报告，自年初以来更新了对2020年和2021年的估计，以反映Covid-19的影响，后者的工作已经推迟。

目前，2020年的支出下降了27%，至10.8亿英镑。2021年的支出下降了8%，至11.9亿英镑。

这些削减的总和相当于削减了两年的退役开支4.98亿英镑，统计数字在周三由OGUK主办的行业网络研讨会上公布。

然而，预计2022年的活动将略有恢复，预计将从11.7亿英镑增长到13.1亿英镑，增长12%，这意味着2020-2022年的净总额减少了3.66亿英镑。

OGUK退役经理乔·莱斯克透露了这一数据，因为人们对供应链的健康状况越来越担忧，出现项目延期和工作干涸以及企业倒闭。

王磊 摘译自 能源之声

原文如下：

North Sea decommissioning forecast cut by ￡500m for next two years

Forecasts for North Sea decommissioning spending over the next two years have been cut by half a billion pounds by Oil and Gas UK (OGUK).

The trade body, which produces an annual decommissioning insight report, has updated estimates for 2020 and 2021 since the start of the year to reflect the impact of Covid-19, which has seen work deferred.

Spending for 2020 is now down 27% to ￡1.08bn, while 2021 is down 8% to ￡1.19bn.

The combined reductions amount to a cut of ￡498million in decommissioning spending for the two years, with the stats being revealed during an industry webinar hosted by OGUK on Wednesday.

However, activity is expected to recover slightly in 2022, projected to increase by 12% from ￡1.17bn to ￡1.31bn, meaning the net total for 2020-2022 is down by ￡366million.

OGUK decommissioning manager Joe Leask revealed the stats amid increasing concern for the health of the supply chain, with companies failing as projects are deferred and work dries up.