据普氏能源资讯7月25日报道，非欧佩克国家中最大的中东产油国阿曼，将在苏丹东北部地区发现和勘探更多的天然气。该地区的Mabrouk油田拥有超过4万亿立方英尺天然气和1.12亿桶的凝析油。

穆罕默德鲁米表示，道达尔和壳牌已经在马布鲁克开发天然气上下游项目，耗资可能超过200亿美元。

阿曼目前的天然气日产量约为30亿立方英尺，该国耗资数十亿美元，加大勘探力度，将2018年发现的这片气田的天然气货币化。国有阿曼石油公司(Oman Oil Co.)、道达尔(Total)和壳牌(Shell)正在合作开发Mabrouk的上游项目，壳牌和道达尔分别开发了一座液化天然气 (GTL)工厂和一座液化天然气(LNG)燃料补给站。

这些项目仍处于早期阶段。阿曼正在对这一发现进行评估，希望在同一地区能有更多的发现。该国的天然气储量超过了其自身的消费能力。

6月份，阿曼的石油和凝析油日产量为971,070桶，目前正指望在国际石油公司的帮助下发现更多天然气。根据英国石油公司(BP) 2019年《世界能源统计评论》，这个海湾国家拥有54亿桶石油储备和23.5万亿立方英尺天然气。

值得一提的是，阿曼将成为海湾地区继卡塔尔之后第二个开发GTL项目的国家。GTL项目预计将拥有4万至5万桶/天的产能，位于阿拉伯海新兴工业城市杜克姆。道达尔将在港口城市索哈尔开发液化天然气加注设施。

预计到2021年，BP与阿曼石油公司勘探生产子公司合作运营的Khazzan大型气田的日产量将从目前的10亿立方英尺提高到15亿立方英尺。阿曼还计划提高目前约33万桶/天的炼油产能。

阿曼石油公司正在杜克姆建造一座日产量为24万桶的炼油厂，这是其与科威特国际石油公司各持股50%的合资企业。阿曼石油公司距离杜克姆约60公里，该公司想把拉斯马卡兹变成一个石油储存中心，石油将在这里出口、进口、交易。

今年7月，阿曼石油公司与欧佩克第二大产油国伊拉克签署了一份谅解备忘录，探讨在伊拉克修建炼油厂的可能性。这份备忘录还包括伊拉克从阿曼进口原油产品的协议，而目前伊拉克已经从阿曼进口了原油产品。阿曼还考虑在斯里兰卡投资炼油厂。

洪伟立 摘译自 普氏能源资讯

原文如下：

Oman expects to discover more gas amid $20 billion of projects

Oman, the biggest Middle Eastern oil producer outside OPEC, expects to discover and explore for more gas northeast of the sultanate in the area where the giant Mabrouk field is estimated to hold more than four trillion cubic feet of gas and 112 million barrels of condensate, the country's oil and gas minister told S&P Global Platts.

Already, Total and Shell are conducting downstream and upstream projects in Mabrouk that could cost more than $20 billion, Mohammed al-Rumhi said at his office in Muscat this week.

Oman, which currently produces around 3 billion cubic feet of gas per day, is ramping up exploration and undertaking multi-billion dollar projects to monetize gas from the field that was discovered in 2018. State-run Oman Oil Co., Total and Shell are partnering in the upstream development of Mabrouk while Shell and Total are separately working on a gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant to be developed by Shell and an LNG bunkering facility to be developed by Total.

"These projects are still in a very early stage. We are doing appraisal of the discovery and we expect to make more discovery in the same neighborhood," the minister said. "Right now we have more gas than we can consume."

Oman, which produced 971,070 b/d of oil and condensate in June, is banking on more gas discoveries with the help of international oil companies. The Gulf country has 5.4 billion barrels in oil reserves and 23.5 trillion cubic feet of gas, according to BP's 2019 Statistical Review of World Energy.

Oman will be the second country in the Gulf after Qatar to develop a GTL project, which is expected to have a capacity of between 40,000 to 50,000 b/d and will be located in the up and coming industrial city of Duqm on the Arabian Sea. Total will develop the LNG bunkering facility in the port city of Sohar.

The sultanate is also developing its giant Khazzan gas field with the help of BP, which is expected to boost production from the current 1 billion cubic feet per day to 1.5 billion cubic feet per day by 2021.

Oman also plans to boost its refining capacity, which currently stands at around 330,000 b/d.

It is building in Duqm a 240,000 b/d refinery, a 50-50 joint venture between Oman Oil and Kuwait Petroleum International.

Some 60 km from Duqm, Oman wants to transform Ras Markaz into an oil storage hub, where oil is exported and imported and eventually traded.

In July, Oman signed a memorandum of understanding with Iraq, OPEC's second largest producer, to explore the possibility of building a refinery in Iraq, the minister said. The memorandum also included Iraqi imports of crude oil products from Oman, on top of current imports already taking place.

Oman is still mulling investing in a refinery in Sri Lanka.