据路透社6月11日报道，一个能够满足英国5%天然气需求，投资约35亿英镑的巨大油田——北海油田已经开始投产。

道达尔位于巴黎的总部证实，位于阿伯丁以东140英里的Culzean油田已开始投产。

道达尔在英国的业务拥有2000多名员工，总部设在阿伯丁郡的韦斯特希尔。该公司是英国领先的石油和天然气运营商之一，2018年的石油净产量为17.9万桶/天。

该公司油气主要来自三个区域的海上作业油田:北海北部的Alwyn-Dunbar地区、北海中部的Elgin-Franklin地区和设得兰西部的Laggan-Tormore地区。

2008年发现的Culzean油田，是北海最大的油田之一，含有石油当量2.5 -3亿桶，预计每天可开采石油10万桶。它包含三个桥梁连接平台和一个浮动存储和卸载装置，所有这些都是在新加坡建造。

2018年，道达尔以58亿英镑收购丹麦马士基石油公司后，接手了这个庞大的项目。尽管运营商发生了变化，但道达尔仍设法保持了强有力的势头，提前交付了首批天然气，并远低于最初40亿英镑的预算。

大约有7000人参与了这个项目，现在有200人在陆上和海上工作，负责运营Culzean。

道达尔勘探和生产总裁阿尔诺?布鲁亚克(Arnaud Breuillac)表示:“Culzean项目提前交付，比最初预算低10%以上，这意味着资本支出节省超过3.9亿英镑。这要归功于负责施工和钻井作业的项目团队的出色表现。过去几年，道达尔和马士基石油联合在一起，我们努力升级北海的资产组合，Culzean油田就是一个很好的例子。”

洪伟立 摘译自 路透社

原文如下：

Total celebrates first gas from huge North Sea field

A huge North Sea field capable of covering 5% of UK gas demand has come on stream following investment of around ￡3.5 billion.

Paris-headquartered Total confirmed today that production had started at the Culzean field, 140 miles east of Aberdeen.

Discovered in 2008, Culzean contains 250-300 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) and is expected to pump out 100,000 boe per day, making it one of the North Sea’s biggest fields.

It is served by three bridge-linked platforms and a floating storage and offloading unit, all built in Singapore.

Total took over the huge project following its ￡5.8bn acquisition of Danish firm Maersk Oil last year.

Despite the change of operator, Total managed to keep up the momentum, delivering first gas early and well under the original ￡4bn budget.

About 7,000 people worked on the project and 200 will now be employed across onshore and offshore posts to run Culzean.

Arnaud Breuillac, president of exploration and production at Total, said: “The Culzean project is delivered ahead of schedule and more than 10% below the initial budget, which represents capex savings of more than ￡390m.

“This has been achieved thanks to the excellent performance of the project teams in charge of the construction and drilling operations.

“Culzean is a good example of our efforts to upgrade our portfolio in the North Sea over the last years, notably by bringing Total and Maersk Oil together.”

The firm is one of Britain’s leading oil and gas operators, with net production of 179,000 boe per day in 2018.

It principally comes from operated offshore fields in three major zones: the Alwyn-Dunbar area in the northern North Sea, the Elgin-Franklin area in the central North Sea, and the Laggan-Tormore area in the West of Shetland area.

The addition of gas from Culzean means Total is capable of satisfying almost a fifth of UK gas consumption.

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