中国石化新闻网讯 据WENews.com网站6月3日休斯敦报道,斯里兰卡政府一位高级官员说,斯里兰卡日前与美国斯伦贝谢公司麾下的一家子公司签署了一项价值5000万美元的海上地震研究协议。根据协议,斯伦贝谢公司将在斯里兰卡东海岸以外海域开展海上地震研究来评估任何潜在的石油资源。
斯里兰卡石油资源开发部长Arjuna Ranatunga在斯里兰卡首都科伦坡签署这项协议以后告诉媒体记者:“签订这项协议的主要目的是利用现代化的数据采集和处理技术来获取更多的石油数据。”
Ranatunga还表示,该公司将在斯里兰卡周边选定的近海地区投资至少5000万美元,用于多个地震数据采集项目,包括2维和3维地震,并将从向多个投资者的地震数据销售收入中收回投资。
尽管斯里兰卡与泰米尔分裂分子之间长达25年的内战在9年前结束以后试图重振本国石油和天然气勘探,但该国的所有石油和燃料需求仍依赖进口。2017年,斯里兰卡进口石油的成本为32亿美元。
李峻 编译自 WENews.com
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Sri Lanka Signs Deal for $50 Mln Offshore Seismic Study
Sri Lanka on Wednesday signed an agreement with a subsidiary of U.S. firm Schlumberger (SLB) for a $50 million seismic study off the country's east coast to evaluate any prospective oil resources, a senior government official said.
"The main objective of entering into this agreement is to acquire more petroleum data using modern acquisition and processing techniques," Arjuna Ranatunga, Minister of Petroleum Resources Development told reporters after signing the agreement in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo.
Ranatunga also said that the company would invest at least $50 million for several data acquisition projects, including 2D and 3D seismic, in selected offshore areas around Sri Lanka and would recover the investment from sales proceeds to multiple investors.
Sri Lanka produces no oil and is dependent on imports for all of its fuel requirements, despite trying to reinvigorate oil and gas exploration after its 25-year civil war with Tamil separatists ended nine years ago.
Importing oil cost the island $3.2 billion in 2017.