据普氏能源资讯9月27日伦敦报道,英国行业游说集团英国石油和天然气协会在27日发布的一份年度经济报告中说,即使产量在短期内可能会保持强劲,然而,由于今年迄今为止仅批准了一个新的开发项目,英国的北海石油工业正面临一个不确定的未来。
自从油价在2004年开始崩溃以来,一些观察家对北海石油和天然气工业的恢复能力感到惊讶。在效率驱动和过去大项目的投资帮助下,英国去年的原油产量自1999年以来首次出现了显著增加,平均每天增加了14%至88.2万桶。
然而,今年迄今为止只有一个新开发项目被批准,这就是在由英国石油公司经营的安德鲁地区内的阿伦德尔油田。英国石油和天然气协会在报告中说,由于今年没有任何进一步批准的可能性,这将是英国大陆架新油田批准史上最糟糕的一年。
报告预测英国今年总资本支出将从2014年的148亿英镑大幅减少到90亿英镑(117亿美元)。
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原文如下:
Collapse in new projects threatens North Sea oil industry
London (Platts)--27 Sep 2016
The UK's North Sea oil industry faces an uncertain future with just one new development project approved so far this year, even as output is likely to remain robust in the short term, lobby group Oil and Gas UK said in a report published Tuesday.
The North Sea oil and gas industry has surprised some observers with its resilience since oil prices began collapsing in 2014. Last year saw the first significant increase in UK crude output since 1999, with a 14% rise to 882,000 b/d, helped by an efficiency drive and past investment in big projects.
However this year only one new development project has been given the go-ahead: the Arundel oil field in the BP-operated Andrew Area. With the possibility of no further approvals in 2016, "this is set to be the worst year in the history of the UK continental shelf for new field approvals," Oil and Gas UK said in its annual economic report. The report forecast overall capital expenditure this year would be GBP9 billion ($11.7 billion), compared with GBP14.8 billion in 2014.