据OE网站9月7日报道，英国油气行业组织呼吁在北海地区颁发新的钻井许可证，并迅速对该行业进行投资，以缓解油价高企对消费者的影响。目前英国正在应对几十年来最严重的能源危机。
英国首相誓言立即采取行动，帮助人们应对飙升的能源费用，这些费用可能使许多人在今年冬天无法取暖，并在竞选期间表示，她将寻求从北海开采更多的石油和天然气。
去年欧洲基准天然气价格翻了两番。
英国海上能源公司（OEUK）是一个海上石油、天然气、氢气和风能生产商的行业组织，其警告称，英国今年冬天可能面临潜在的能源短缺，而全球能源价格可能在至少三年的时间里保持在高位。
OEUK市场情报经理Ross Dornan表示，英国确保天然气和石油供应安全的最佳方式是增加对本国资源的投资。
2022年上半年，受英格兰东海岸新项目的推动，英国天然气产量较去年同期增长26%。
OEUK在周三发布的一份报告中表示，如果没有投资激增，这种增长可能是“短暂的”。该工业机构认为，到2030年，油气行业的资本投资潜力将达到260亿英镑（约合300亿美元）。
英国并不直接依赖产能大国的天然气进口，但其通过管道与欧洲国家连接，以及从其他地区进口液化天然气，这意味着该国也受到了欧洲和全球价格上涨的影响。
OEUK表示，如果没有新的投资，到2030年，该国将不得不进口约80%的天然气和约70%的石油，而目前分别为60%和20%。
绿色组织认为，英国增加石油和天然气开采与其2050年达到净零排放的气候目标不一致。
“地球之友”的科学、政策和研究主管迈克•查尔兹表示，由于新许可证需要多年的开发，这对解决生活成本危机毫无帮助。
油气公司Enquest的首席执行官在周二接受路透社采访时也敦促下届政府为北海油气公司提供投资激励。
EnQuest的Amjad Bseisu表示，在英国北海增加油气钻探是解决当前能源危机的解决方案之一。
郝芬 译自 OE
原文如下：
UK Oil and Gas Producers Call for More Investment to Ease Energy Crunch
Britain’s oil and gas industry body called for new drilling licenses in the North Sea and rapid investment in the sector to mitigate the impact of high prices on consumers as the country grapples with the worst energy crisis in decades.
The incoming UK Prime Minister has vowed to act immediately to help people cope with surging energy bills that threaten to leave many unable to heat their homes this winter and said during her campaign she would seek to extract more oil and gas from the North Sea.
Offshore Energies UK (OEUK), an industry body for offshore oil, gas, hydrogen and wind producers, warned that Britain could face potential energy shortages this winter while global prices could remain high for at least three years.
“The best way for the UK to ensure secure gas and oil supplies is by increased investment in its own resources,” said Ross Dornan, OEUK’s market intelligence manager.
Gas production in the United Kingdom rose 26% in the first half of 2022 compared to the same period last year, buoyed by new projects off England’s east coast.
OEUK said in a report published on Wednesday that the increase could be “short-lived” without a surge in investment. The industrial body sees a potential for 26 billion pound ($30 billion)capital investment in oil and gas sector by 2030.
Britain is not directly reliant on gas imports, but its connectivity to the European countries through pipelines and its imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from other regions mean that it is also affected by the European and global price increases.
Without new investment, it will have to import around 80% of its gas by 2030, and around 70% of its oil, up from around 60% and 20% now respectively, the OEUK said.
Green groups have argued ramping up Britain’s oil and gas extraction is at odds with its climate target of reaching net zero emissions by 2050.
“This will do nothing to tackle the cost of living crisis as new licenses take many years to develop,” said Mike Childs, head of science, policy and research at Friends of the Earth.
In an interview with Reuters on Tuesday, the CEO of British oil and gas firm Enquest also urged the incoming government to offer investment incentives to North Sea oil and gas companies.
Increasing oil and gas drilling in the UK North Sea is one of the solutions to tackling the current energy crisis, EnQuest’s Amjad Bseisu said.
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