美国合众社4月20日于马德里报道,西班牙能源公司雷普索尔周一宣布其在阿尔及利亚发现了天然气,这是该公司在与饱受战争摧残的利比亚接壤地区中第三个发现天然气的国家。
包括法国燃气苏伊士集团以及阿尔及利亚国家石油公司在内的这个国际财团,作业者雷普索尔表示,天然气在东南省伊利区块的TESO勘探井中被发现,而在此区块“已经有了非常成功的勘探作业”。
这是该地区发现的第三个天然气矿藏,雷普索尔称,测试天然气流量为610万立方英尺/日。“雷普索尔将另外钻四口井,以评估此前在东南省伊利块的勘探发现。”该公司在其声明中说。
阿尔及利亚拥有世界第十大天然气储量,且为欧洲的第三大供应商。但是由于境外投资拖延,其出口量正在下降。
沈韩晔摘译自合众社4月20日
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Algerian gas discovery made near Libya
MADRID, April 20 (UPI) -- Spanish energy company Repsol announced Monday it's made a natural gas discovery in Algeria, its third in an area bordering war-torn Libya.
The company is the operator in a consortium that includes French energy company GDF Suez and Algeria's state-owned Sonatrach. The company said gas flowed from a discovery at the so-called TESO exploration well in the Sud-Est Illizi block, where it's already had a "very successful exploration campaign."
The discovery is the third in the same region. The Spanish energy company said gas flowed at a test rate of 6.1 million cubic feet per day.
"Repsol aims to drill at least four more additional wells in order to appraise the previous discoveries within the Sud-Est Illizi block," it said in its statement on the discovery.
Algeria has the 10th largest natural gas deposits in the world and is the third-largest supplier to Europe. Its exports have been in decline, however, because of lagging foreign investments.