康菲石油将获澳大利亚近海作业许可

据3月26日Offshore Energy报道，澳洲石油天然气勘探商3D Oil和康菲石油公司(ConocoPhillips)已就塔斯马尼亚近海许可T/49P签署了一项联合运营协议（JOA），该协议满足了2019年12月签署的出让协议(FOA)的关键条件。

3D Oil周四表示，在获得政府批准后，转让将完成。根据JOA的条款，康菲澳大利亚公司作为运营方将持有许可证80%的权益。

根据FOA协议，公司将收到500万澳元（300万美元）的现金付款，为确认以前的许可证支出，康菲澳大利亚公司将在许可证范围内进行不少于1580平方公里的三维地震勘探。

3D Oil于2019年5月获得了澳大利亚海上监管机构的批准，对T/49P区块进行了名为“Dorrigo survey”的勘探。根据原始FOA的条款，3D Oil将保留T/49 25%的股权，但在进一步协商后，该公司决定将其在许可证中的权益降低到20%。这是作为减少联合业务费用的交换条件。

根据修改后的FOA和JOA条款，在康菲石油澳大利亚公司完成一个探井或花费至少3000万美元钻探一个探井之前，3D Oil将承担10%的联合运营费用。

如果康菲石油公司选择钻探探井，该公司将获得高达3000万美元的钻探费用，之后根据其在许可证上的权益，该公司将承担20%的费用。

邹勤 摘译自 Offshore Energy

原文如下：

ConocoPhillips to take operatorship of permit offshore Australia

Australia’s 3D Oil Limited and ConocoPhillips have executed a joint operating agreement (JOA) in relation to the offshore Tasmanian Permit T/49P, which satisfies a key condition of the farmout agreement (FOA) signed in December 2019.

Completion of the farmout will occur following government approvals, 3D said on Thursday.

Under the terms of the JOA, ConocoPhillips Australia will hold an 80% interest in the permit and become operator.

Under the FOA, the company will receive a A$5 million ($3M) cash payment in recognition of previous permit expenditure and ConocoPhillips Australia will undertake the acquisition of a 3D seismic survey of not less than 1580 sq km within the permit to which the company will make no financial contribution.

3D Oil received an approval from the Australian offshore regulator for the survey over the T/49P – named the Dorrigo survey – in May 2019.

Under the terms of the original FOA, 3D Oil were to retain 25% equity in T/49 however following further negotiations the company has decided to reduce its interest in the permit to 20%. This is in exchange for a reduction in its exposure to joint operation expenses.

Under the terms of the revised FOA and JOA, 3D Oil will contribute 10% of the joint operation expenses until ConocoPhillips Australia has completed an exploration well or spent at least $30 million toward drilling of an exploration well.

In the event ConocoPhillips elects to drill such exploration well, the company will be carried for up to $30 million in drilling costs after which it will contribute 20% of costs in line with its interest in the permit.