據海外媒體3月8日倫敦報道，為刺激英國大陸架進一步海上油氣勘探活動，英國行業監管機構英國石油和天然氣管理局（OGA）日前啟動了一次與今后勘探許可證出售招標有關的競爭。

這個耗資70萬美元（50萬英鎊）的競爭被設計用來鼓勵地質學家和工程師使用在去年英國政府資助的Rockall盆地和Mid North Sea高地地區地震測量期間采集的數據來創新和開發產品潛力。

成功申請者可以獲得高達4.27萬美元（3萬英鎊）的“種子基金”來進行初步的分析。隨后兩名獲勝候選人可以獲得大約14.2萬美元（10萬英鎊）的資金來把他們的工作開發成一個最終產品供OGA使用。

OGA希望這個競爭不僅大大增加對那些今年晚些時候舉行的第29屆Seaward許可證出售招標提供的邊緣地區的了解，而且還為已受到油氣工業低迷影響的油氣社區內留住人才。

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UK regulator launches exploration license competition

Global Oil & Gas News

3/8/2016

LONDON -- The Oil and Gas Authority—the UK’s industry regulator—has launched a competition linked to future exploration licensing rounds in order to stimulate further offshore oil and gas exploration activity in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS).

The $700,000(￡500,000) competition has been designed to encourage geoscientists and engineers to develop innovative interpretations and products potentially using the data acquired during last year’s government-funded seismic surveys of the Rockall basin and Mid North Sea High (MNSH) areas.

Successful applicants may be awarded up to $42,700 (￡30,000) ‘seed funding’ to carry out initial analysis, then two winning candidates may be awarded around $142,000 (￡100,000) to develop their work into a final product for use by the OGA.

It is hoped the competition will not only significantly increase the understanding of these frontier areas in respect of the 29th Seaward Licensing Round later in the year, but also retain talent in the oil and gas community, which has been affected by the oil and gas industry downturn.