据OilNOW网站3月28日消息 美国石油生产商埃克森美孚公司的合作伙伴墨菲石油周二表示，公司正在巴西近海的一个新区域勘探，该区域可能有多达10亿桶石油和天然气资源。
如果勘探成功，这将是埃克森美孚作为运营商在巴西首次发现石油。埃克森美孚以50%的股份在巴西东北部的塞尔吉佩-阿拉戈斯盆地领衔勘探。巴西生产商埃纳塔和休斯敦墨菲石油公司分别持有30%和20%的股份。
埃克森美孚拒绝置评。
墨菲石油首席执行官罗杰·詹金斯在向投资者介绍时表示，埃克森美孚于2月20日开始了Cutthroat-1勘探项目的钻探活动，预计将在未来几周内结束。
这是三家公司在Sergipe Alagoas盆地共同持有的九个区块中的第一口探井。
詹金斯表示，该Cutthroat地区的总资源潜力在5亿-10.5亿桶量石油之间。
吴恒磊 编译自 OilNOW
原文如下：
Exxon drilling in area that could contain 1 billion barrels
U.S. oil producer Exxon Mobil Corp is drilling in a new area offshore of Brazil that could have as much as 1 billion barrels of oil and gas, its partner Murphy Oil said on Tuesday.
If exploration is successful, it would be Exxon’s first oil discovery in Brazil as an operator. Exxon leads the prospect in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, northeast of Brazil, with a 50% stake. It is joined by Brazilian producer Enauta with 30% and Houston-based Murphy Oil Corp with 20%.
Exxon declined to comment.
Exxon kicked off drilling activity on the so-called Cutthroat-1 prospect on Feb. 20 and should conclude in the coming weeks, Murphy Oil Chief Executive Roger Jenkins said in a presentation to investors.
This is the first exploratory well of the nine blocks the three companies hold together in the Sergipe-Alagoas basin.
The Cutthroat area has an upward gross resource potential between 500 million to 1.050 billion barrels of equivalent oil, he said.
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