據海上工程師網2022年2月15日報道，圭亞那周二在一次國際會議上對國際石油高管表示，圭亞那今年可能組建一家國家石油和天然氣公司來監督自己的油氣勘探作業，而不是舉行海上鉆井作業權拍賣。  

這個南美洲小國已經成為幾十年來最熱門的石油勘探前沿陣地之一，在其大西洋沿岸發現了大量石油和天然氣儲量。 圭亞那曾預計將在今年第三季度舉行一次勘探許可證拍賣。  

由美國石油巨頭埃克森美孚公司牽頭的國際財團擁有面積達660萬英畝(26800平方公里)探區開采權是在本世紀初獲得批準，并在2016年獲得續期的。 今年該國際財團預計將每天生產多達34萬桶石油。

圭亞那副總裁巴拉特·賈格·德奧在會議上表示：“我們這里有些人提出了與政府合作并利用剩余區塊的建議。”與會者包括埃克森美孚公司首席執行官、赫斯公司首席執行官以及來自加納、蘇里南和巴巴多斯的官員。

他說：“我們要么在今年第三季的某個時候進行海上鉆井許可證拍賣，要么利用這些區塊成立一家國有石油公司。”“到今年第三季度，所有這些決定都將做出。”

圭亞那曾表示，希望吸引其他石油公司勘探其水域。 它的目標是盡快完成一個新的利潤分成框架，以管理未來的石油勘探和生產。

埃克森美孚公司首席執行官達倫·伍茲也在會上表示，該公司將繼續致力于圭亞那的油氣業務。 埃克森美孚公司牽頭的國際財團包括赫斯公司等。  

伍茲說：“我們對圭亞那以及我們能夠共同取得的成就感到樂觀。”

李峻 編譯自 海上工程師網

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Guyana May Choose to Develop Future Oil Prospects on Its Own

Guyana could form a national oil and gas company to oversee its own exploration instead of conducting an offshore drilling auction this year, a government official told international oil executives on Tuesday.

The tiny South American country has become one of the hottest oil exploration frontiers in decades, with massive discoveries of oil and gas off its Atlantic coast. An auction of prospecting licenses has been expected to be held by the third quarter this year.

A consortium led by U.S. major Exxon Mobil holds rights to 6.6 million acres (26,800 sq. km) granted earlier this century and renewed in 2016. That group is expected to pump up to 340,000 barrels of oil per day this year.

"We have some proposals from some people in this room, from large operators, to work with the government and utilize the remaining blocks," said Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo before an audience that included Exxon's chief executive, the CEO of Hess Corp and officials from Ghana, Suriname and Barbados.

"We will either go to an auction, sometime in the third quarter this year, with or without seismic (surveys) from our part, or alternatively use those blocks to form a national oil company," he said.

"By the third quarter of this year all of those decisions will be made."

The country has said it hopes to entice other oil companies to explore its waters. It aims to soon complete a new profit-sharing framework that would govern future oil exploration and production.

Exxon CEO Darren Woods told the same audience the company is committed to its Guyanese operations. The company leads a consortium that includes Hess and China's CNOOC Ltd.

"We are optimistic about Guyana and what we can achieve together,” Woods said.