中国石化新闻网讯 据World Energy News网站5月15日内罗毕报道,肯尼亚当地报纸《Standard报》15日援引肯尼亚能源和石油部的话报道说,肯尼亚日前创建了17个新的石油勘探区块,使得肯尼亚拥有的石油勘探区块总数达到了63个,肯尼亚政府打算在明年举行的新一轮许可证出售招标中拍卖这17个新的石油勘探区块。
英国著名独立油气勘探公司图洛石油公司与其合作伙伴非洲石油公司在2012年在位于肯尼亚西北部的洛基查首次发现了石油,其可采石油储量估计在7.5亿桶。
自发现以来,来自那些在肯尼亚寻求区块的勘探公司的兴趣日益增加。私人拥有的《Standard报》援引肯尼亚能源和石油部的话报道说,肯尼亚政府打算在2017年对这17个新区块进行拍卖。
本月初,肯尼亚政府开始寻找公司来设计一条估计耗资21亿美元的原油出口管道,这条新管道预计应在2021年前建成。
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原文如下:
Kenya Creates 17 New Oil Exploration Blocks
World Energy News
May 15, 2016
Nairobi
Kenya has created an extra 17 new oil exploration blocks, bringing its total to 63 and aims to auction them in a licensing round in 2017, Kenyan newspapers quoted Ministry of Energy and Petroleum saying on Saturday.
British explorer Tullow Oil and partner Africa Oil first struck oil in Lokichar in northwest Kenya in 2012. The recoverable reserves are an estimated 750 million barrels of crude.
Since the discovery, interest from explorers seeking blocks in Kenya increased.
Privately-owned Standard Newspaper quoted the Energy and Petroleum ministry as saying it aimed to hold an auction for the new blocks in 2017.
Early this month, Kenya started a search for companies to design a crude oil export pipeline costing some $2.1 billion and which it expects to be should be completed by 2021.