据9月18日Offshore Energy报道称，在伦敦上市的Europa油气公司获得了在摩洛哥近海阿加迪尔盆地的勘探许可证，并表示，该地区具有巨大的勘探潜力。
勘探许可证被称为Inezgane近海许可证，覆盖面积11228平方公里。它位于水深600米到2000米之间。
Europa油气公司拥有爱尔兰和英国近海的石油和天然气勘探和生产面积，将获得该许可证75%的权益和经营权，ONHYM持有其余25%的权益。
Inezgane海上开采许可证的有效期为八年，分三个阶段。在最初的两年阶段，Europa油气公司将对1300平方公里的三维地震数据进行再处理，并进行其他技术研究。
在初始阶段结束时，该公司将有权承诺在第二阶段钻探探井，或放弃近海开采许可证，并把目标对准下白垩纪的扇沙区，该地区是西非的一个高产产区。
AIM上市公司表示，Europa已经确定，有效碳氢化合物系统所需的关键要素，即烃源、储集层和封存层，都存在于许可区内。此外，在整个许可证范围内，已在盐底辟的边缘和上面发现了许多大型构造圈闭。还计划将其中几处储量丰富的油田（每一处都有可能蕴藏超过2.5亿桶石油）开发成可钻状态，以期吸引一个或多个客户在许可证第二阶段钻探井。
Europa 油气公司表示，到目前为止，在摩洛哥深水地区只钻了10口井，其中只有3口井能完全穿透下白垩纪地层。考虑到深水盆地在摩洛哥近海延伸了1800公里，很明显，这一地区的勘探程度非常低。如果下白垩纪的油田能够成功开采权，那么剩余的许可区域将会有巨大的上升空间。
邹勤 摘自 Offshore Energy
原文如下：
Europa Oil & Gas says its new Morocco block has ‘enormous’ potential
London-listed oil and gas firm Europa Oil & Gas has been awarded an exploration license in the Agadir Basin, offshore Morocco. The company says the license has “enormous potential.”
The exploration license is called the Inezgane Offshore Permit and covers an area of 11,228 square kilometers. It lies in water depths of between 600 meters and 2,000 meters.
Europa Oil & Gas, which owns oil and gas exploration and production acreage offshore Ireland and in the UK, will be assigned a 75% interest in, and operatorship of, the Licence with ONHYM holding the remaining 25% interest.
The Inezgane offshore permit has an eight-year term and comprises three phases. The initial two-year phase will see Europa carry out reprocessing of 1,300 km2 of 3D seismic data, as well as other technical studies.
At the end of the initial phase, Europa will have the option to commit to drilling an exploration well in the second phase or to relinquish the offshore license.
Europa said Wednesday it would target the Lower Cretaceous fan sand play, which is a prolific producer in West Africa.
“Europa has identified that the key elements required for a working hydrocarbon system, namely source, reservoir, and seal, are all present in the Licence area. In addition, a number of large structural traps located on the edges and above salt diapirs have already been identified throughout the permit area. Europa plans to mature several of these stacked prospects, which each have the potential to hold over 250 million barrels of oil, to drillable status with a view to attracting one or more farminees to drill an exploration well in the second phase of the Licence,” the AIM-listed company said.
“To date, only 10 wells have been drilled in deepwater Morocco, of which only three have penetrated a complete Lower Cretaceous section. Given the deepwater basins extend for some 1,800 kilometers offshore Morocco, it is clear that the play is highly under-explored. If the Lower Cretaceous play can be successfully unlocked, enormous upside lies within the rest of the license area,” Europa Oil & Gas said.
