挪威批准Equinor削减Troll天然气配额

据路透社奥斯陆报道，挪威石油部周一证实，挪威已经批准了Equinor（挪威国家石油公司）提出的减少今年Troll油气田天然气生产配额的要求。

该部发言人表示，2019年10月至2020年10月，Troll天然气产量配额为360亿立方米，比前一年同期减少了20亿立方米。

他表示: “在此之前，Equinor提出了减少申请，并获得批准。”

挪威为Troll（该油气田也生产石油）设定了天然气年产量配额，以保持其足够的压力。

挪威石油管理局的研究表明，Troll过快的天然气生产可能会影响附近地区的石油和天然气开采。

Equinor作为欧洲第二大天然气供应商，仅次于俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司。该公司今年5月表示，2018天然气年（截止9月30日），其Troll气田的生产许可已从360亿立方米提高到380亿立方米。

随后，该公司表示，由于欧洲天然气价格疲软（欧洲天然气价格受到液化天然气涌入而下跌），今年已经推迟了一些天然气产量。

挪威石油管理局数据显示，Troll作为挪威最大的天然气田，在2019年前8个月的销售天然气产量为218亿立方米，低于2018年同期的252亿立方米。

詹晓晶 摘自 路透社

原文如下：

Norway approves Equinor's request to cut Troll gas quota: ministry

Norway has approved energy firm Equinor’s request to reduce the gas production quota at its Troll oil and gas field for the current year, the oil ministry confirmed on Monday.

A ministry spokesman said the Troll gas output quota had been set at 36 billion cubic meters (bcm) for the gas year 2019, which runs from October 2019 to October 2020, 2 bcm lower than in the previous year.

“The reduction follows an application by Equinor, which was granted,” he said.

Norway sets a yearly production quota for Troll to maintain sufficient pressure in the field, which also produces oil.

Studies by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) have shown that overly quick gas production at Troll could have an impact on oil and gas extraction in nearby areas.

Equinor, Europe’s second-largest gas supplier after Russia’s Gazprom, said in May its production permit for the Troll field had been increased from 36 bcm to 38 bcm for the gas year 2018, which ended on Sept. 30.

It later said it had held back some gas production this year due to weak European gas prices, which have been pushed down by an influx of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Troll, Norway’s largest gas field, produced 21.8 bcm of sale gas during the first eight months of 2019, down from 25.2 bcm during the same period of 2018, data from the NPD shows.