据世界能源3月17日消息：埃克森美孚和必和必拓周四表示，他们将继续推进一个项目，以提高其位于澳大利亚东南部Gippsland Basin Kipper气田的天然气产量，这将有助于填补当地市场迫在眉睫的天然气短缺。
埃克森美孚旗下的澳大利亚公司Esso表示，该项目将耗资约4亿澳元(2.81亿美元)，在未来五年内额外开采200 PJ天然气，并补充称，明年将生产约30 PJ天然气。
澳大利亚监管机构警告称，从2026年起，东澳大利亚将面临天然气短缺，这主要是因为吉普斯兰盆地(Gippsland Basin)合资企业的老化气田正在枯竭。几十年来，该公司一直是该市场最大的供应商。
Esso与全球矿商必和必拓以各占一半股权的合作方式运营这家合资企业。
来自Gippsland盆地的额外产量将先于五个拟议的液化天然气(LNG)进口终端投产，以服务于相同的市场。其中只有一个已经开始初步建设工作。
必和必拓在Gippsland Basin合资公司的股份将被伍德赛德石油公司收购，该公司股东将于今年5月就与必和必拓的石油业务合并进行投票。
必和必拓发言人表示，只要必和必拓仍是Gippsland Basin合资企业的股东，它将继续贡献其50%的开发支出份额。
Esso Australia还表示，正在推进融资决定，以启动维多利亚近海巴斯海峡Turrum油田的生产。
(1美元= 1.3723澳元)
冯娟 摘译自 世界能源
原文如下：
Exxon, BHP to Invest $291 Million to Expand Gas Output off Australia
Exxon Mobil Corp and BHP Group said on Thursday they will go ahead with a project to boost gas output from their Gippsland Basin Kipper field off southeast Australia, which would help fill a looming gas shortage in the local market.
Exxon's Esso Australia said the project would cost about A$400 million ($291 million) to extract an additional 200 petajoules (PJ) of gas over the coming five years, adding that about 30 PJ will be produced next year.
The country's regulators have warned that eastern Australia faces a gas shortfall from 2026, largely because the ageing gas fields in the Gippsland Basin Joint Venture, which has been the biggest supplier into the market for decades, are drying up.
Esso operates the joint venture in a 50-50 partnership with global miner BHP.
The extra production from the Gippsland Basin will come online ahead of five proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals, looking to serve the same market. only one of those has begun preliminary construction work.
BHP's stake in the Gippsland Basin joint venture is set to go to Woodside Petroleum pending a vote of the Australian company's shareholders in May on a merger with BHP's petroleum business.
BHP will continue to contribute its 50% share of the Gippsland Basin Joint Venture's development spending for as long as it remains a stakeholder, a BHP spokesperson said.
Esso Australia also said it was advancing funding decisions to begin production from the Turrum field in Bass Strait, offshore Victoria.
($1 = 1.3723 Australian dollars)
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