据海上石油新闻网2019年7月15日挪威奥斯陆报道，根据挪威著名独立能源研究和商业情报公司挪威雷斯塔能源公司(Rystad Energy)披露的最新统计数据，今年全球至少有6口高影响力井可以在非洲海上完钻或有待完钻，其中多数高影响力井位于西非地区。

雷斯塔能源公司上游研究分析师Taiyab Zain Shariff说：“就石油和天然气勘探活动而言，非洲似乎正在从长期的冬眠中复苏。”

2015年，由于预算削减、项目失败和市场状况不佳，非洲大陆各地完钻的探井数量急剧下降。

这一下降趋势一直持续到今年，现在有更多的投资者准备冒险在非洲大陆进行影响深远的前沿钻探作业。

雷斯塔能源公司列出以下值得关注的高影响力井：

1. 达纳天然气公司目前正在位于地中海埃及一侧海域的默拉克天然气远景构造钻探一口深水井，目标是上新世浊硫岩。预计此井完钻时的总深度为2600米(8530英尺)。

2. 道达尔公司计划在位于毛里塔尼亚盆地的C-9区块内钻探一口井，目标是大型白垩纪油气远景构造。

3. 英国石油公司位于与毛里塔尼亚和塞内加尔海上BirAllah和Tortue发现相同构造脊上的奥尔加远景构造可能拥有13万亿立方英尺的天然气储量。

4. 总部位于日内瓦的Trace Atlantic公司正在寻求一个合作伙伴，帮助为位于塞内加尔/几内亚比绍近海的阿尔必价Formosa深水远景构造提供资金。

5. 道达尔公司计划在位于超深水下刚果盆地的第48号区块内钻一口井，目标是在中新世和渐新世的河床和方向上的一个新的远景区。

6. 在纳米比亚近海，道达尔公司寻求在Orange盆地的一个巨大盆地底扇的Venus远景构造上钻取一口将是非洲大陆有史以来完成的最深探井。

李峻 编译自 海上石油新闻

原文如下：

African deepwater frontier drilling on the rise

At least six high-impact wells could be drilled or remain to be completed this year offshore Africa this year, according to Rystad Energy.

Most are in the Western African region.

“Africa appears to be emerging from a long hibernation in terms of oil and gas exploration activities,” said Rystad Upstream Research analyst Taiyab Zain Shariff.

The number of exploration wells drilled around the continent fell sharply in 2015 due to a combination of budget cuts, failed projects, and poor market conditions.

That decline continued until this year, with more investors now prepared to take a chance on high-impact, frontier drilling.

Rystad lists the following as wells to watch:

1. Dana Gas is currently drilling a deepwater well on the Merak gas prospect in the Egyptian sector of the Mediterranean, targeting Pliocene turbidite plays. Planned TD is 2,600 m (8,530 ft).

2. Total plans to drill a well on block C-9 in the Mauritanian basin targeting a large Cretaceous oil and gas play.

3. BP’s Orca prospect, on the same structural ridge as the BirAllah and Tortue discoveries offshore Mauritania and Senegal, could contain 13 tcf in place.

4. Geneva-based Trace Atlantic is seeking a partner to help fund a well on the deepwater Albian age Formosa prospect offshore Senegal/Guinea-Bissau.

5. Total plans to drill a well in block 48 in the ultra-deepwater Lower Congo basin, pursuing a new play in the Miocene and Oligocene channels and lobes.

6. Offshore Namibia, Total is looking to drill what would be the deepest well ever completed in the continent, on the Venus prospect in a giant basin floor fan of the Orange basin.