据今日油价网11月13日消息，埃克森美孚计划每年在世界第二大海上油田，位于阿联酋近海的上扎库姆油田投资数百万元，自2006年以来，埃克森美孚已在该油田累计投资了65亿美元。

美国石油和天然气巨头埃克森美孚称其为阿布扎比最大的投资者之一，埃克森美孚与阿布扎比国家石油公司(ADNOC)合作，正在上扎库姆油田进行投资，以提高其产能。

2006年，埃克森美孚成为ADNOC运营的上扎库姆油田的合作伙伴。两年前，埃克森美孚决定到2024年将该油田的产能提高到100万桶/天。埃克森美孚表示，上扎库姆开发项目使用了四个人工岛，其中最大的一个岛的面积相当于135个美式橄榄球场。

埃克森美孚目前的重点是上扎库姆，公司计划在可预见的未来每年投资几百万美元。

今年早些时候，ADNOC和埃克森美孚审查了上扎库姆油田300亿美元的扩产进度，以期在2024年前将产能提升至100万桶/天。埃克森美孚董事长兼首席执行官Darren W. Woods访问了该油田，并与阿联酋国务大臣和ADNOC集团首席执行官Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber博士讨论了在上游和下游行业合作的新机会。

针对阿布扎比原油期货交易所即将推出全球首个Murban原油期货合约的消息，埃克森美孚总裁Lenoble告诉阿联酋通讯社:

“最近关于穆尔班等级原油合约上市的公告已经准备好充分利用供应链的价值，这是非常令人印象深刻的，最重要的是，我们看到了一场全面的数字革命。”

裘寅 编译自 今日油价

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Exxon Doubles Down On The World's Second Largest Offshore Oilfield

ExxonMobil plans to invest several million US dollars annually in the world’s second-largest offshore oilfield, Upper Zakum offshore the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on top of the US$6.5 billion it has already invested in the project since 2006, Christian G. Lenoble, President and UAE Lead Country Manager of Exxon (Al-Khalij), told Emirates News Agency WAM.

ExxonMobil is one of the largest investors in Abu Dhabi, according to the U.S. oil and gas supermajor. Exxon, in collaboration with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), is investing in the Upper Zakum oilfield to boost its production capacity.

In 2006, ExxonMobil became a partner in Upper Zakum, which is operated by ADNOC. Two years ago, the partners decided to boost the field’s production capacity to 1 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2024. The Upper Zakum development uses four artificial islands, the largest of which is equivalent in size to 135 American football fields, Exxon says.

“ExxonMobil’s current focus is on Upper Zakum. We plan to invest several million dollars per year over the foreseeable future,” Lenoble told WAM.

Earlier this year, ADNOC and Exxon reviewed the progress in the US$30-billion expansion of Upper Zakum to boost the field’s production capacity to 1 million bpd by 2024. Exxon’s chairman and CEO Darren W. Woods visited the oilfield and discussed new opportunities for collaboration in the upstream and downstream sectors with UAE Minister of State and ADNOC Group CEO, Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber.

Commenting on the recent announcement of the launch of a crude oil futures exchangein Abu Dhabi to host the world’s first Murban crude oil futures contracts, Exxon’s Lenoble told WAM:

“The recent announcement on listing Murban is poised to get the full value of the supply chain and this is very impressive and on top of that we see a comprehensive digital revolution.”