道达尔能源计划实现南非天然气开发

据世界石油3月22日消息称，道达尔能源在南非的董事总经理称，该公司正计划与合作伙伴和政府一起开发在南非的天然气发现。

这家石油巨头于2019年开始在非洲最工业化的国家海上发现了天然气和凝析油(一种轻质液体碳氢化合物)。道达尔能源南非董事总经理Mariam Kane-Garcia在开普敦的一次会议上表示，在克服了强大的近海水流钻井之后，该公司现在正在讨论“我们如何实现这一目标”。

实现这一发展将是推动南非从煤炭向更清洁能源过渡的一步，并可能恢复一些正在运营的炼油厂数量下降的燃料生产能力。该国目前缺乏大量的国内天然气产量。

道达尔的合作伙伴之一非洲石油公司表示，该集团正在考虑分阶段开发 11B/12B 区块。据 IHS Markit 称，该油田的首批生产将于 2027 年开始，并为国有的 PetroSA在莫塞尔湾的4.5万桶/天的天然气液化厂和天然气发电厂提供天然气。

Kane-Garcia 说，如果“现在不做出最终投资决定，我们希望能够早日做出决定”，但没有提供更多细节。她补充说，道达尔并未因近期天然气价格飙升而改变其对投资的看法。   

朱佳妮 摘译自 世界石油

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TotalEnergies in talks on realizing South Africa gas development

TotalEnergies SE is working on a plan to develop gas discoveries in South Africa with its partners and the government, according to its managing director in the country.

The oil major starting in 2019 has made discoveries of gas and condensate -- a light liquid hydrocarbon -- offshore the most industrialized nation in Africa. After overcoming strong offshore currents to drill the wells, the company is now in talks “on how we can make it happen,” Mariam Kane-Garcia, TotalEnergies South Africa managing director said at a conference in Cape Town.

Realizing the development would be a step toward advancing South Africa’s transition away from coal to cleaner energy and potentially revive some fuel-production capacity from a declining number of operating refineries. The country currently lacks significant domestic gas production. 

Africa Oil Corp., one of Total’s partners, has said the group is contemplating a phased development of Block 11B/12B. First production from the field could start by 2027 and supply state-owned PetroSA’s 45,000-barrel-a-day Mossel Bay gas-to-liquids plant and gas-to-power stations, according to IHS Markit.

If a final investment decision “is not taken right now, we would hope to be in a position to take it sooner rather than later,” Kane-Garcia said, without providing further detail. Total hasn’t changed its view on investments based on the recent surge in gas prices, she added.