地质学家预计MSGBC盆地蕴藏数十亿桶石油储量

据今日石油网2019年11月12日休斯顿报道，长期以来，全球石油和天然气行业的地质学家们和专家们一直对MSGBC盆地(西非海岸外的毛里塔尼亚、塞内加尔、冈比亚、几内亚比绍和几内亚科纳克里)与南美洲横跨大西洋的圭亚那-苏里南盆地之间的相似之处很感兴趣。

MSGBC盆地据说是在当今世界上只有圭亚那-苏里南盆地的油气活动可以与其匹敌的边缘石油勘探最令人兴奋的地区之一。美国石油巨头埃克森美孚公司迄今在圭亚那-苏里南盆地获得了14个油气发现和英国图洛石油公司获得了2个油气发现，两家公司总计已获得了16个油气发现。

全球著名信息咨询公司IHS Markit的专家杰里?凯普斯表示：“这确实是一些最令人关注的发展，这些发展已经导致了而且是整个大西洋边缘远景区的一部分。”

凯普斯说，大西洋边缘远景区向北延伸到挪威并一直延伸到南部海上的深水区域，向西侧延伸到阿根廷，向东侧延伸到南非。“所以，MSGBC盆地是一个非常令人兴奋的油气勘探和生产战场，”凯普斯如是说。

李峻 编译自 今日石油

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All eyes on multi-billion-barrel Atlantic Margin play

Geologists and experts in the oil and gas industry have long been intrigued with similarities between the MSGBC Basin – Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau and Guinea Conakry, off the coast of West Africa and that of the Guyana-Suriname Basin across the Atlantic Ocean in South America.

The MSGBC is said to be one of the more exciting areas of frontier oil exploration in the world rivaled only by activity in the Guyana-Suriname Basin where US oil major ExxonMobil has made 14 discoveries and UK-based Tullow Oil has made 2, amounting to 16 oil strikes since 2015.

“This is really some of the most interesting developments that have led to, and are part of this whole Atlantic Margin play,” says Jerry Kepes, IHS Markit expert.

He said the Atlantic Margin play extends as far north as Norway, and all the way down to the southern areas offshore, in the deep water, of Argentina on the west side of the Atlantic, and then South Africa on the east side. “So, it’s a very exciting business,” Kepes said.