西非希望埃尼新发现油田投产以满足天然气需求

据管道新闻网6月14日消息称，科特迪瓦矿产和石油部长周二表示，该国希望意大利埃尼集团将其最近发现的海上气田提前到2026年投产，以满足当地和地区的天然气需求。

埃尼集团去年9月宣布发现了这一巨大的石油储量，估计其石油储量为15亿～20亿桶，伴生天然气储量为1.8万亿～2.4万亿立方英尺。

该项目预计将于2023年第二季度进入第一阶段生产，日产量为1.2万桶石油和1750万立方英尺天然气。

预计在2026年全部生产。

他在阿比让的非洲CEO论坛上说：“我们试图从他们那里得到的是尽可能缩短这个期限，因为当地的需求如今每年以10%的速度增长。”“考虑到我们正在进行的公共和私人投资以及国内对天然气的强劲需求，这应该不会让任何人感到意外。”

他表示，这一发现将使世界上最大的可可生产国和地区电力出口国能够满足国家和地区的需求。

埃尼上游主管Luc Vignati在会议上表示，该项目需要建设一条天然气管道以实现全产量，这意味着现有的时间表将“极具挑战性”。

他证实，埃尼集团的目标仍是在2023年第二季度首次投产，到2026年实现全面投产。

曹海斌 摘译自 管道新闻网

原文如下：

West Africa Wants Eni to Start Production at Newly Discovered Field to Meet Gas Demand

Ivory Coast wants Italy's Eni to bring its recently discovered offshore field to full production earlier than a planned 2026 timeline to meet local and regional gas demand, its mines and petroleum minister said on Tuesday.

Eni announced the giant oil discovery in September last year, estimating it held 1.5-2.0 billion barrels of oil in place and 1.8-2.4 trillion cubic feet of associated gas.

It is expected to enter first phase production in the second quarter of 2023 with daily output of 12,000 barrels of oil and 17.5 million cubic feet of gas.

Full production is expected in 2026.

"What we are trying to obtain from them is to reduce this deadline as much as possible because local demand is growing annually today at 10%," Sangafowa Coulibaly said during the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan.

"This should not surprise anyone given the public and private investments we are doing and strong gas demand from home."

Coulibaly said the discovery would enable the world's top cocoa producer and regional power exporter to satisfy national and regional demand.

Luc Vignati, Eni's director of upstream, told the conference that construction of a gas pipeline required for the project to reach full output meant that the existing timeline would be "extremely challenging".

He confirmed that Eni was still targeting first production in the second quarter of 2023 and full production by 2026.