据道琼斯4月14日消息,挪威石油理事局表示,挪威需要大幅增加油气勘探活动才能维持2025年后的油气产量水平。挪威石油理事局估计挪威仍然有180亿桶石油当量的油气资源处于未被发现状态,需要加大勘探活动才能发现这些资源。受石油公司收缩投资的影响,今年挪威的勘探钻井数将从去年的56口降至30口。挪威石油理事局表示,挪威约一半未被发现的油气资源位于巴伦支海,这是北极前沿区域,截至目前只有两个油气田正在生产。
唐绍红摘译自道琼斯
原文如下:
Norway Needs Oil Exploration Boost
Significant exploration activity is needed to maintain Norway's oil and gas output after 2025, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate says. Estimates that 18 billion barrels of oil equivalent remain undiscovered, but says high exploration activity is required to find it. Exploration drilling is expected to drop to 30 wells this year from 56 wells last year as oil companies tighten their belts. Adds almost half the undiscovered oil and gas is situated in the Barents Sea, an Arctic frontier area where only two fields are producing so far.