据道琼斯华盛顿10月16日消息,受低油价以及企业缺乏兴趣的影响,美国内政部周五表示正在取消两个海洋油气租约的出售。
美国内政部宣布结果前几个星期,壳牌公司表示,公司已经放弃投资70亿美元的北极油气勘探计划。壳牌在今年9月份表示,公司今年夏季在阿拉斯加西北海岸的楚克奇海的勘探钻井结果显示油气资源储量并不理想。
美国内政部长Sally Jewell周五在公告中称:“鉴于壳牌的结果宣布、已经在出租过程中的面积数量和当前的市场状况,我们认为原计划在明年和后年上半年进行的北极租约出售已经没有意义。”
美国内政部原计划在2016年和2017年对楚克奇海和波弗特海的租约进行出售。
唐绍红摘译自道琼斯
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DJ U.S. Cancels Sale of Two Arctic Oil and Gas Leases
By Amy Harder
WASHINGTON--Citing low oil prices and lack of company interest, the U.S. Interior Department on Friday said it is canceling the sale of a pair of offshore oil and natural gas leases.
The announcement comes a few weeks after Royal Dutch Shell said it was quitting its $7 billion Arctic campaign. Shell said in September its exploratory drilling in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's Northwest coast this summer showed only traces of oil and natural gas.
"In light of Shell's announcement, the amount of acreage already under lease and current market conditions, it does not make sense to prepare for lease sales in the Arctic in the next year and a half," Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said Friday in a statement.
The lease sales were scheduled for 2016 and 2017 in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, respectively.