据今日油价9月5日消息，挪威石油和能源部周三表示，共有33家石油公司申请了挪威2019年大陆架成熟地区勘探开发许可证。
挪威石油和能源部表示，截止8月27日的申请截止日期，挪威已收到33家公司在所谓的预定义区域(APA)的投标，这些公司包括国际石油巨头和小型勘探公司。
根据石油和能源部提供的名单，Equinor、康菲石油、壳牌、道达尔和Aker BP等公司都已提出申请。竞标人还包括私募股权公司Chrysaor和俄罗斯卢克石油公司。
挪威石油理事会(NPD)在一份声明中对这些申请发表了评论:
“大多数积极参与挪威大陆架开发的公司都在今年的APA招标中提交了申请。对挪威海和巴伦支海的兴趣与2018年APA相当，而对北海的兴趣略有下降。”
在政府于今年3月提出在2019年成熟地区的许可招标中扩大石油和天然气勘探的区域后，2019年APA招标的区域已经扩大。
挪威石油和能源部的目标是在2020年初在宣布的地区颁发新的生产许可证。
挪威石油和能源部长Kjell B?rge Freiberg 称：“通过勘探确定更多资源对于挪威就业、未来价值创造和我们的福利国家制度至关重要。”
挪威今年的石油产量预计将降至1988年以来的最低水平，但由于两个大型开发项目的启动，挪威的石油产量将在随后回升。
被运营商Equinor称为北海巨头的Johan Sverdrup项目将在今年晚些时候启动，得益于此，预计2020至2023年的产量将大幅增加。
但在Johan Sverdrup项目和位于巴伦支海的Johan Castberg项目（计划于2022年开采第一桶石油）之后，挪威并没有重大的石油发现和项目来维持本世纪20年代中期以后的石油生产。
裘寅 编译自 今日油价
原文如下：
Many Oil Firms Interested To Explore Norway’s Mature Areas
A total of 33 oil companies have applied for licenses in Norway’s 2019 licensing round for exploration and development in mature areas on the country’s continental shelf, Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy said on Wednesday.
Norway received bids in the so-called Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) round from 33 companies as of the application deadline August 27, and those companies range from international oil majors to small exploration firms, the ministry said.
Equinor, ConocoPhillips, Shell, Total, and Aker BP are among the companies that have applied, according to the list provided by the petroleum ministry. Bidders also include private equity-backed Chrysaor and Russia’s Lukoil.
Commenting on the applications, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) said in a statement:
“Most of the companies that are active on the Norwegian shelf have submitted applications in this year’s APA round. Interest in the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea is comparable to APA 2018, while there is a small decline in the North Sea.”
The area in the 2019 APA round has been expanded, after the government proposed in March this year to expand the area that will be offered for oil and gas exploration in the 2019 licensing round of acreage in mature areas.
The ministry targets to award new production licenses in the announced areas in early 2020.
“Identifying more resources through exploration is vital for Norwegian employment, future value-creation and our welfare state,” Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Kjell B?rge Freiberg, said.
Norway’s oil production is expected to drop this year to its lowest level since 1988, but to recover afterwards thanks to two large developments.
Production is expected to jump in 2020 through 2023, thanks to the start up later this year of Johan Sverdrup—the North Sea giant, as operator Equinor calls it.
But after Johan Sverdrup and after Johan Castberg in the Barents Sea scheduled for first oil in 2022, Norway doesn’t have major oil discoveries and projects to sustain its oil production after the middle of the 2020s.
