东南亚国家寻求增加海上石油产量

据油价网2021年4月8日伦敦报道，马来西亚和文莱近日签署了一项协议，两国将在海上边界开发两个海上油田，并对最近发现的超深水油田进行更大规模的勘探作业。

两国政府签署了一项一体化协议，开发Gumusut-Kakap和Geronggong-Jagus东部海上油田。开发作业将由马来西亚国家石油公司(Petronas)和文莱国家一体化秘书处(NUS)管理。

这项协议是在马来西亚政府总理Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin访问文莱期间达成的。这是马来西亚总理正式访问期间达成的几项协议之一。

马来西亚国家石油公司总裁兼集团首席执行官陶菲克在谈到该协议时说：“这份具有里程碑意义的协议现已正式生效，马来西亚国家石油公司相信，双方可以期待两国能源行业的强劲发展势头继续下去，以促进文莱和马来西亚的长期经济增长和繁荣。”

Gumusut-Kakap油田水深1200米，可以开发两个超深水项目，即Gumusut和Kakap项目。这个油田由19口海底井组成。海上边界的位置为两国石油工业提供了一个新的发展领域。

马来西亚和文莱也将签署一份关于运输合作的谅解备忘录，以发展他们在安全、安保、智能运输系统和物流领域的伙伴关系。此外，两国还可能很快达成一项现代化航空服务协议，并有望发展伙伴关系，以增加两国的天然气资源。

在文莱举行的第23次领导人年度磋商中，两国领导人巩固了在信息和通信技术、农业-食品供应链和分销、贸易和旅游等领域的现有承诺。

这并不是最近几周文莱推出的唯一一个石油项目。3月下旬，文莱政府宣布，由于文莱壳牌石油公司(BSP)开始在深水油井进行勘探钻井作业，该公司计划在未来5年内将石油产量提高两倍。

BSP正准备钻取深水勘探井Merbah Deep-1井和Jagus Subthrust-1井。自1929年发现Seria油田以来，BSP一直持有文莱石油公司的大量股份，目前约有4000名员工和超过2万名承包商。

日前，文莱能源部在谈到该开发时表示，“这两口探井将成为证明新油气储量和开发深水油田的关键考验，进一步符合该部对运营商在近期至中期开发现有深水油田的强烈强调。”

文莱政府希望到2025年前将全国石油产量扩大到35万桶/天，这主要得益于深水开采。这是一个从2020年的10.51万桶/天的显著增长。

除了受到疫情的严重打击，在2020年连续四个季度出现负增长之外，文莱的石油业自2006年以来一直在下滑。然而，BSP的更多投资以及与马来西亚的新勘探协议，可能会使文莱油气行业在未来十年取得长足发展。

李峻 编译自 油价网

原文如下：

Southeast Asia Looks To Increase Offshore Oil Production

Malaysia and Brunei have signed an agreement to develop two offshore oil fields on the maritime boundary, with greater exploration of recent ultra-deepwater discoveries.

The governments from both countries signed a unitisation agreement to develop the Gumusut-Kakap and Geronggong-Jagus East offshore oil fields. Development will be managed by Malaysian state-owned Petronas and Brunei’s National Unitisation Secretariat (NUS).

The agreement took place during Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's visit to Brunei. It is one of several initiatives that was agreed upon during the official visit.

“Having now formalised this landmark agreement, PETRONAS believes that both parties can look forward to continuing the strong momentum towards developing our nations’ energy sectors for the long-term growth and prosperity of both Brunei and Malaysia.” Tengku Muhammad Taufik Tengku Kamadjaja Aziz, Petronas president and group CEO, said of the agreement.

The Gumusut-Kakap field waters reach a depth of 1,200m, allowing for the development of two ultra-deepwater projects, Gumusut and Kakap. The field consists of 19 undersea wells. The maritime border location provides a new area of development for the oil industry in both countries.

Malaysia and Brunei are also expected to sign a memorandum of understanding on Transport Cooperation to develop their partnership in the areas of safety, security, intelligent transport systems and logistics. In addition, the two states could soon also reach a modernised Air Services Agreement and are expected develop their partnership to enhance gas resources across the two countries.

In the 23rd Annual Leaders' Consultation, held in Brunei, the national leaders from both states solidified existing commitments to information and communication technology, agriculture - food supply chains and distribution, trade and tourism.

This is not the only oil project to come out of Brunei in recent weeks. In late March, the government of Brunei announced plans to triple oil production over the next five years as Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) began exploratory drilling in deepwater wells.

BSP is preparing to drill deepwater exploration wells Merbah Deep-1 and Jagus Subthrust-1. The company has had a significant stake in Brunei oil since the discovery of the Seria field in 1929, with around 4,000 employees and over 20,000 contractors at present.

Brunei’s Ministry of Energy said of the development last week, “Both exploration wells will form a key test in proving new hydrocarbon volumes and opening up the deepwater, further in alignment to the ministry’s strong emphasis to the operators to develop existing deepwater fields in the near to mid term”.

The government hopes to expand national production to 350,000 bpd equivalent by 2025, owing largely to deepwater digging. This is a significant increase from the 2020 dip to 105,100 bpd.

As well as being hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, with four consecutive quarters of negative growth in 2020, Brunei’s oil industry has been declining since 2006. However, greater investment from BSP and the new exploration agreement with Malaysia could see the oil and gas industry develop substantially over the next decade.