据海外媒体1月12日米兰报道,由于开罗继续寻求国际油气作业公司来提高本国日益下降的油气产量,意大利能源巨头埃尼公司日前与埃及政府签署了一项新的特许权协议,在位于埃及西沙漠的South-West Melehia区块内进行油气勘探钻井作业。
与此同时,埃及还继续向外国油气作业公司支付在本国2011年革命以后在油气生产上所拖欠的巨额债务。
埃及的石油产量在最近几年里一直停滞不前。根据英国石油公司最新世界能源统计回顾,埃及2013年平均日产石油71.4万桶,低于几年前的日均75万桶。
2013年,埃及的天然气产量从2009年的627亿立方米的高峰下跌到了561亿立方米。
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原文如下:
Eni signs agreement for new exploration drilling in Egypt’s Western Desert
January 12, 2015
PennEnergy
Italy's Eni has signed a new concession agreement to operate in the South-West Melehia block in the Western Desert of Egypt, as Cairo continues to look to international operators to boost its flagging production.
At the same time, Egypt is also continuing to pay operators for past production following delays after the country's 2011 revolution.
Egypt's oil production has stagnated in recent years, with production in 2013 averaging 714,000 b/d, down from some 750,000 b/d 10 years previously, according to BP's latest Statistical Review of World Energy.
Its natural gas output in 2013 was 56.1 Bcm, down from a high of 62.7 Bcm in 2009.