据WENews网站2月13日伦敦报道,乌干达能源部长艾琳?穆洛尼周三表示,乌干达预计将在2022年开始本国首次原油生产,这意味着这个东非国家将略微推迟修改后的2021年开始首次原油生产的的目标。
乌干达10多年前发现了原油储量,但由于与油田运营商在税收和开发战略方面存在分歧,首次原油生产一再推迟,而运输管道和炼油设施等基础设施的缺乏也影响了首次原油生产。
穆洛尼在石油技术会议间隙对路透社记者表示:“我们目前预计到2022年,Kingfisher区
块和Tilenga区块将开始原油生产,这将是乌干达历史上首次原油生产。”
中国大型油气央企、法国道达尔公司和总部位于伦敦的图洛石油公司在这两个区块中都拥有股份。中国企业是Kingfisher区块的运营商,而道达尔公司是Tilanga区块的开发商。
穆洛尼说:“我们正在准备首次原油生产。我们必须建设一条出口管道和一座炼油厂来增加附加值。因此,除非这两个项目完成,否则我们无法开始首次原油生产。”
李峻 编译自 WENews.com
原文如下:
Uganda Expects Delayed First Oil Production
Uganda expects to begin producing oil in 2022, its energy minister Irene Muloni said on Wednesday, indicating a slight delay from the east African country's revised target of 2021.
Uganda discovered crude reserves more than 10 years ago but production has been repeatedly delayed by disagreements with field operators over taxes and development strategy.
A lack of infrastructure such as a transportation pipeline and a refining facility have also held up output.
"Production we are now looking at by 2022, our first production, from Kingfisher and Tilenga blocks," Irene Muloni told Reuters on the sidelines of the Petrotech conference.
China's?TOP3 Corp.?and France's Total and London-based Tullow Oil have the stakes in the two areas.?China's is the operator of Kingfisher area while Total leads the development of Tilenga.
"We are preparing for production. We have to build a pipeline for exports and a refinery to add value. So unless those two projects are done we can't start producing," she said.