印度石油公司开始在安达曼海勘探石油和天然气

据油气勘探10月12日消息称，印度第二大国有石油生产商印度石油公司上周四表示，已经开始在安达曼海勘探石油和天然气。

印度石油公司表示，已开始获取AN-OSHP-2018 / 1和AN-OSHP-2018 / 2浅水区块的地震数据，这两个区块是在开放区块许可政策的第三轮中获得的。

地震勘测的结果将有助于该公司决定在该区块上钻探可产生石油和天然气的油井。

该公司在一份声明中说，公司“部署了最先进的多功能地震数据采集船'SW Vespucci'，用于采集8400千米的2D地震数据。”

它说：“经过很长一段时间，安达曼近海的勘探工作正在恢复。”

印度石油公司表示，通过提高国内勘探和生产，减少对进口石油和天然气的依赖，这符合印度总理的愿景。

印度石油公司董事长兼董事总经理Sushil Chandra Mishra表示，公司已制定计划，在未来几年加强在该国的勘探工作，并增加勘探资本支出。

他说，奥里萨邦哈纳迪河陆上区块的数据采集将很快开始，OALP区块的勘探钻探工作将于2021- 2022年开始。印度石油公司计划在未来3-4年内在OALP区块中进行约15000千米的2D地震数据采集和4000平方公里的3D地震数据采集，并钻探66口井。

印度石油公司在阿萨姆邦和阿萨姆阿拉坎盆地、拉贾斯坦邦、马哈纳迪陆地、安达曼和喀拉拉邦-康坎近海盆地获得了21个区块。

声明称，这巩固了该公司作为东北地区主要运营商的地位，总占地面积为1.7万平方公里。

曹海斌 摘译自 油气勘探

原文如下：

Oil India begins exploration for oil and gas in Andaman sea

Oil India Ltd, the nation’s second-biggest state-owned oil producer, on Thursday said it has started exploring for oil and gas in the Andaman sea.

OIL said it has begun acquiring seismic data on the shallow water blocks AN-OSHP-2018/1 and AN-OSHP-2018/2, which the company had won in the third round of open acreage licensing policy.

The results of the seismic survey would help the firm decide on drilling of wells on the block that could yield oil and gas.

The firm has “deployment of a state-of-the-art multi-purpose seismic data acquisition vessel ‘SW Vespucci’ for the acquisition of 8,400 line-kilometre of 2D seismic data,” OIL said in a statement.

“The exploration efforts in Andaman offshore are being resumed after a long period of time,” it said.

This, OIL said, was in line with the vision of Prime Minister by raising domestic exploration and production to cut dependence on imports for oil and gas needs.

OIL Chairman and Managing Director Sushil Chandra Mishra said the company has drawn up plans to intensify its exploration efforts in the country and increase exploration capex in the coming years.

The data acquisition in Mahanadi onland blocks in Odisha would begin shortly and the exploration drilling campaign in its OALP blocks would commence during 2021-22, he said. OIL plans to carry out about 15,000 line-kilometre of 2D and 4,000 square kilometres of 3D seismic as well as drill 66 wells in OALP blocks in the next 3-4 years.

OIL was awarded 21 blocks spread over Assam and Assam Arakan basin, Rajasthan, Mahanadi Onland, Andaman and Kerala-Konkan offshore basins.

This consolidated the firm’s position as the leading operator in the North-East with a total acreage area of 17,000 sq km, the statement said.