据今日油价12月11日报道称，总部位于加纳的斯普林菲尔德勘探与开发公司周三表示，该公司及其当地合作伙伴已经在这个西非国家的近海发现了15亿桶石油。
斯普林菲尔德及其合作伙伴加纳国家石油公司（GNPC）以及GNPC EXPLORCO还在他们最近钻探的WCTP2号区块中发现了7,000亿立方英尺的天然气。
斯普林菲尔德勘探与生产公司在一份声明中说：“该区块目前尚未发现的潜力资源估计有超过30亿桶石油和天然气，这些油气在多个已探明的油藏中以多种形式存在，且前景广阔。”
斯普林菲尔德公司首席执行官凯文·奥克耶尔表示：“这一发现与我们成为全球领先的非洲上游领先企业的愿景紧密相连，我们对此感到兴奋，”。
分析人士认为，由于需要大量的投资和深水领域的专业知识，加纳的本国企业将需要外国公司来开发这一大规模发现。
为了增加对石油行业的投资，加纳计划让石油公司在油气钻探领域有更多的选择。据该国石油部副部长穆罕默德·阿明·亚当称，由于对非洲石油和天然气投资的竞争日趋激烈，加纳希望改变其战略以吸引投资。
普华永道在《2019年非洲油气评估报告》中表示，重大的油气发现以及对基础设施项目的后续投资将帮助非洲油气行业发展，同时也得益于治理和监管的改善。
加纳目前的石油日产量约为20万桶，其中包括图洛石油公司运营的Jubilee油田。
本周早些时候，这家英国公司指出，其包括加纳在内的非洲资产表现不佳，这导致了大规模的抛售，使图洛石油的市值缩水了一半。
徐蕾 摘译自 今日油价
原文如下：
1.5 Billion Barrels Of Oil Discovered Offshore Ghana
A Ghana-based private company and its local partners have discovered 1.5 billion barrels of oil in place offshore the West African country, the company Springfield E&P said on Wednesday.
Springfield and its partners Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) and GNPC EXPLORCO also found 700 billion cubic feet of gas in the West Cape Three Points (WCTP) Block 2 they had recently drilled.
“The current undiscovered potential of the Block is estimated at over 3 billion barrels ofG oil and gas in multiple leads and prospects within various proven reservoir units,” Springfield E&P said in a statement.
“We are excited about the discovery as it ties into our vision of becoming a leading African upstream player with a global focus,” said Springfield’s chief executive Kevin Okyere.
According to analysts, the all-Ghanaian partnership would need foreign partners in developing the massive discovery as it would need a lot of investment and deepwater expertise.
In order to boost investments into its oil industry, Ghana plans to give oil companies more choice regarding where to drill for oil and gas. According to Deputy Minister for Petroleum, Mohammed Amin Adam, Ghana looks to change its strategy to attract investments because competition for African oil and gas investments has become fiercer.
Major oil and gas discoveries and subsequent investments in infrastructure projects are set to help the oil and gas industry in Africa to grow, also helped by improved governance and regulation, PwC said in its Africa oil & gas review 2019.
Ghana currently produces around 200,000 barrels per day of oil, including from the Jubilee oilfield operated by Tullow Oil.
Earlier this week, the UK firm flagged poor performance in its African assets, including in Ghana, which led to a massive sell-off that halved Tullow Oil’s value.
