據(jù)OE網(wǎng)站7月29日?qǐng)?bào)道，北海油氣運(yùn)營(yíng)商Spirit Energy額外投資1300萬英鎊(1680萬美元)，延長(zhǎng)其約克近海氣田的租期。

通過這筆投資，Spirit公司將把北海南部近海天然氣田的使用壽命延長(zhǎng)3年。

位于英國(guó)約克郡東北部海岸線34公里處的約克油田于2013年生產(chǎn)了首批天然氣，預(yù)計(jì)今年到期。

最近批準(zhǔn)的延長(zhǎng)約克使用壽命的項(xiàng)目旨在最大程度地提高油田的經(jīng)濟(jì)效益，該項(xiàng)目將生產(chǎn)延長(zhǎng)至2023/24年，并開采另外的180億立方英尺天然氣。

該工程將在2020-2021年分階段進(jìn)行，包括陸上和海上作業(yè);包括平臺(tái)和控制系統(tǒng)改造、陸上連接和對(duì)Y1井的油井干預(yù)。

這筆1300萬英鎊的投資將使約克天然氣改道到Dimlington天然氣終端，進(jìn)入其陸上天然氣壓縮設(shè)施。

Centrica的子公司Spirit Energy表示，該項(xiàng)目延長(zhǎng)了北海一個(gè)重要?dú)馓锏氖褂脡勖摎馓镌谶^去八年中已經(jīng)生產(chǎn)了450億立方英尺的天然氣。

Spirit Energy北海運(yùn)營(yíng)資產(chǎn)主管Girish Kabra表示，8年來，York一直是Spirit Energy北海資產(chǎn)組合的重要組成部分，因此，我們很高興不僅能提高該油田的產(chǎn)量，還能延長(zhǎng)其使用壽命。像約克油田這樣的油田證明了專注于晚期管理的重要性，以最大限度地發(fā)揮北海油田的潛力。

油氣管理局SNS和EIS地區(qū)經(jīng)理Alistair Macfarlane表示：“我們歡迎Spirit Energy做出的最終投資決定。 重新規(guī)劃路線是多個(gè)運(yùn)營(yíng)商之間進(jìn)行創(chuàng)新性思維和協(xié)作以超越當(dāng)前配置范圍以延長(zhǎng)約克油田使用壽命并實(shí)現(xiàn)經(jīng)濟(jì)復(fù)蘇最大化的一個(gè)很好的例子。SNS仍有3779億立方英尺的儲(chǔ)量，這樣的例子為英國(guó)供應(yīng)鏈提供了機(jī)會(huì)和有價(jià)值的活動(dòng)，因?yàn)槲覀兎e極適應(yīng)能源轉(zhuǎn)型。

郝芬 譯自 OE網(wǎng)站

原文如下：

Spirit Energy Extends North Sea Field's Life by Three Years

North Sea oil and gas operator Spirit Energy has given its York offshore gas field a new lease of life with an additional ￡13million (USD 16.8 million) investment.

With the investment, Spirit will extend the life of the Southern North Sea offshore gas field by three years.

Sitting some 34km from the North East Yorkshire coastline, UK, the York field produced first gas in 2013 and was expected to produce until 2020.

The recently approved York Life Extension Project, aimed at maximizing economic recovery of the field, will extend production until 2023/24 and tap into an additional 18 billion cubic feet of gas.

The works will be phased across 2020-2021 and will comprise activity both onshore and offshore; including platform and control system modifications, onshore tie-ins, and a well intervention on the Y1 well.

The ￡13million investment will re-route York gas to the Dimlington Gas Terminal, accessing its onshore gas compression facility.

"The project extends the life of an important North Sea field which has produced 45 billion cubic feet of gas over the past eight years," Spirit Energy, a subsidiary of Centrica, said.

Girish Kabra, Director of Spirit Energy's North Sea Operated Assets, said: “York has been an important part of Spirit Energy’s North Sea portfolio for eight years, so we are delighted to not only boost production from the field but also extend its life. Fields like York demonstrate the importance of focused late-life management to maximise the potential of as many North Sea fields as possible.”

Alistair Macfarlane, SNS and EIS Area Manager with the Oil and Gas Authority said: “We welcome this final investment decision from Spirit Energy. The re-route is a good example of innovative thinking and collaboration between multiple operators to look beyond the boundaries of current configurations to extend the field life of York and Maximise Economic Recovery.

“The SNS still has 3,779 bcf of reserves and examples like this provide opportunity and valuable activity for the UK supply chain as we actively adapt ourselves toward energy transition.”