中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社12月6日巴格达报道,伊拉克石油报告杂志称,美国埃克森美孚公司日前退出了其在伊拉克库尔德地区作业的6个勘探区块中的一半区块。
伊拉克石油报告杂志援引库尔德地区政府自然资源部长Ashti Hawrami和埃克森美孚公司女发言人劳伦?克尔的话报道说,这家美国最大石油公司退出了Qara Hanjeer区块、Arbat East区块和Betwata区块的油气作业。
Hawrami部长说,一些公司未能履行合同期限,因此,根据合同,他们不得不放弃他们的作业区。
美国仅次于埃克森美孚公司的第二大石油公司雪佛龙公司在去年年底放弃了其在位于埃尔比勒北部的罗维区块的股份。
根据伊拉克石油报告杂志的分析,自2014年以来,国际石油公司已宣布放弃了库尔德地区总共19个勘探区块。
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原文如下:
Exxon Pulls Out Of 3 Exploration Blocks In Kurdistan
Reuters
Tuesday, December 06, 2016
Baghdad
Exxon Mobil has pulled out of half of the six exploration blocks it operated in the Kurdistan region, the Iraq Oil Report reported.
The oil company has walked away from its operations in the Qara Hanjeer, Arbat East, and Betwata blocks, the magazine reported, citing Kurdistan's Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami and Exxon spokeswoman Lauren Kerr.
"Some companies didn't meet contractual deadlines and according to the contract had to relinquish their areas," the minister was quoted as saying.
Chevron, the second-largest U.S. oil company after Exxon Mobil, relinquished its interest in the Rovi block north of Erbil at the end of 2015.
Since 2014, international oil companies have renounced a total of 19 exploration blocks in Kurdistan, according to an analysis by the Iraq Oil Report.