據彭博新聞社2023年4月24日報道，莫桑比克監管機構4月24日表示，意大利石油和天然氣巨頭埃尼公司正準備在莫桑比克開鉆該國約8年來的第一口海上勘探井。

“West Capella號”鉆井船已經開始在Raa-1井進行初步鉆探，該井將勘探莫桑比克海岸附近可能出現的新油氣盆地。鉆井位置位于魯伍馬盆地以南約375英里(604公里)的Angoche附近，埃尼公司去年開始在那里生產液化天然氣(LNG)。

目前還不清楚埃尼公司是否會在Angoche附近發現具有經濟價值的石油和天然氣儲量，但此次鉆探作業可能是埃尼公司對莫桑比克碳氫化合物行業新一輪投資的開始。埃尼公司于2018年與莫桑比克當局簽署了A5-A地區的勘探合同，該地區屬于莫桑比克第五輪油氣區塊拍賣。埃尼公司拒絕置評。

莫桑比克國家石油監管機構周一通過電子郵件表示，2015年年中，阿納達科石油公司完成了莫桑比克最后一口海上勘探井。

李峻 編譯自 彭博新聞社

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Eni to drill first exploration well in eight years offshore Mozambique

Eni SpA, the Italian oil and gas major, is preparing to drill Mozambique’s first offshore exploration well in about eight years, according to the southeast African country’s regulator.

The West Capella vessel has already started initial drilling at the Raia-1 well that will explore what could be a new oil and gas basin off Mozambique’s coast. The target is near Angoche, about 375 miles (604 kilometers) south of the Rovuma basin, where the Rome-based company began producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) last year.

While it’s unknown whether Eni will find economic deposits of oil and gas off Angoche, the drilling could be the start of a new round of investments in Mozambique’s hydrocarbon industry. The company in 2018 signed the exploration contract with the authorities for Area A5-A, which fell under Mozambique’s fifth round of hydrocarbon block auctions. Eni declined to comment.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. completed Mozambique’s last offshore exploration well in mid-2015, Instituto Nacional de Petroleo, the country’s oil and gas regulator, said by email Monday.