伍德赛德斯卡伯勒气田开发项目提案获批

据OE网站4月2日报道，澳大利亚海上油气安全监管机构NOPSEMA已批准伍德赛德(Woodside)的海上项目提案（OPP），以开发西澳大利亚北部的斯卡伯勒气田。

该OPP是联邦水域斯卡伯勒项目的主要联邦环境评估文件，并构成未来特定活动环境计划的基础，这也必须由NOPSEMA评估和批准。

批准是在经过一年多的评估后才获得的，评估期间包括为期八周的公开评论过程。

根据NOPSEMA的说法，伍德赛德（Woodside）提议在钻探井，安装管道和半潜式浮式生产装置之后，于2023年开始开发斯卡伯勒气田。

FID延迟

正如上周报道的那样，伍德赛德上周宣布，由于不确定的全球投资环境，其将推迟对其在澳大利亚的一些主要项目的最终投资决定，包括价值110亿美元的斯卡伯勒开发项目。该公司原计划今年批准该项目，但如今已推迟至2021年。

在NOPSEMA的海上项目提案获得批准之后，伍德赛德首席执行官彼得·科尔曼(Peter Coleman)表示，尽管由于Covid-19和波动石油价格的影响，我们如今面临着具有挑战性的市场状况，但斯卡伯勒是一种世界级的资源，我们计划通过我们拟议的Burrup枢纽以具全球竞争力的成本开发。伍德赛德正在继续努力，以确保我们有所有必要的监管批准和商业协议，以确保可以于2021年做出斯卡伯勒项目的最终投资决定。

斯卡伯勒气田的估计资源量（2C）干气量为11.1 万亿立方英尺（100％；伍德赛德份额 8.2万亿立方英尺，使用确定性和概率方法计算）。伍德赛德和必和必拓(BHP)分别拥有该气田的73.5％和26.5％。

郝芬 译自 OE 网站

原文如下：

Woodside Gets OK for Scarborough Proposal

Australian offshore oil and gas safety regulator NOPSEMA has approved Woodside's offshore project proposal (OPP) from for the development of the Scarborough gas fields off northern Western Australia.

The OPP is the primary Commonwealth environmental assessment document for the Scarborough project in Commonwealth waters and forms the basis for future activity-specific Environment Plans, which must also be assessed and approved by NOPSEMA.

The approval comes after an assessment that took more than a year, with the assessment period including an eight-week public comment process.

According to NOPSEMA, Woodside has proposed to start developing the Scarborough gas fields in 2023, following the drilling of wells, installation of pipeline and semi-submersible floating production unit.

FID Delay

As reported last week, Woodside last week announced it would delay final investment decisions on some of its major projects in Australia, including the $11 billion Scarborough development, due to the uncertain global investment environment. The company had planned to sanction the project in 2020, but this has now been pushed to 2021.

Following NOPSEMA's offshore project proposal acceptance, Woodside CEO Peter Coleman said: "Although we are now facing challenging market conditions due to the impact of COVID-19 and volatile oil prices, Scarborough is a world-class resource that we plan to develop at a globally competitive cost through our proposed Burrup Hub."

"Woodside is continuing work to ensure we have all the necessary regulatory approvals and commercial agreements in place to ensure a final investment decision can be taken for Scarborough in 2021,” he said.

The Scarborough field contains an estimated contingent resource (2C) dry gas volume of 11.1 Tcf (100%; 8.2 Tcf Woodside share, calculated using deterministic and probabilistic methods). The field is held 73.5% by Woodside and 26.5% by BHP.