据WENews网站7月13日休斯敦报道,在特朗普政府上周批准了一项意大利埃尼公司搁置10年的租赁协议的钻井计划以后,埃尼公司麾下的美国分公司埃尼美国公司将成为首家获准在阿拉斯加州海上联邦水域勘探石油的能源公司。
作为美国总统唐纳德· 特朗普提出的提高石油和天然气钻探并使美国实现“能源占主导地位”计划的一部分,美国海洋能源管理局(BOEM)周三批准了埃尼美国公司的钻井计划。
埃尼美国公司钻井计划获得批准的附带条件是埃尼公司还需要获得其他州政府和联邦政府的许可,而在过去的情况下,通常获得BOEM的批准就可以了。
BOEM代理主管沃尔特·克鲁克申克说:“我们知道在波弗特海下面拥有大量的石油和天然气资源,我们期待着与埃尼公司合作来努力开发这一能源潜力。”
埃尼公司计划从今年12月起使用超过6英里(10公里)的加长井从一个人工岛上钻入波弗特海。埃尼公司没有立即回复就其钻井计划发表评论的请求。
李峻 编译自 WENews.com
原文如下:
Trump Administration Approves Eni Plan to Drill Offshore Alaska
Eni US will become the first energy company allowed to explore for oil in federal waters off Alaska since 2015 after the Trump administration this week approved a drilling plan on leases the company has been sitting on for 10 years.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management approved the drilling plan of Eni US, a unit of Italy's Eni on Wednesday as part of President Donald Trump's plan to boost oil and gas drilling and make the country "energy dominant."
The approval is conditional on Eni getting other state and federal permits, which in past cases are generally granted once BOEM gives the green light.
"We know there are vast oil and gas resources under the Beaufort Sea, and we look forward to working with Eni in their efforts to tap into this energy potential," said BOEM's acting Director Walter Cruickshank.
Eni plans to drill into the Beaufort Sea from an artificial island using extended wells more than 6 miles (10 km) long starting in December. Eni did not immediately return a request for comment on its drilling plans.