據油價網9月24日報道，Al-Monitor援引埃及石油和礦產資源部部長Tarek el-Molla的話報道稱，埃及最近宣布其原油日產量已超過65萬桶，為上世紀50年代末以來首次。

埃及通用石油公司(General Petroleum Company)的Tarek el-Molla在本月早些時候主持的公司股東大會上表示，該公司將致力于推動新油井和基礎設施的開發。

埃及的大部分原油產量來自西部沙漠地區，占56％，其次是蘇伊士灣，占23％，東部沙漠占埃及當前石油產量的12％，西奈半島占總產量的9％。

埃及Petrobel公司負責人Atef Hassan對Al-Monitor表示，在開發了蘇伊士海灣的油田后，埃及目前的天然氣日產量約為11億立方英尺，原油日產量近70萬桶。

埃及的原油產量并不高，但其地中海水域擁有地中海最大的天然氣發現——兩年前開始生產的大型祖爾氣田。

在2018年初祖爾氣田投產后，埃及成為地中海地區的重要參與者。祖爾在幫助埃及避免進口液化天然氣(LNG)方面發揮了關鍵作用。

在意大利的埃尼（Eni）于2015年發現祖爾氣田之后，近年來，埃及一直是東地中海“天然氣熱潮”的中心，稱這是地中海有史以來最大的天然氣發現。

本月早些時候，埃尼和英國石油公司宣布在地中海尼羅河三角洲水域發現新的天然氣。

在有關地中海東部的最新交易中，美國超級巨頭雪佛龍(Chevron)將收購諾貝爾能源(Noble Energy)在以色列和塞浦路斯近海的天然氣資產，此前雪佛龍已達成最終協議，以50億美元的全股票交易方式收購總部位于休斯頓的諾貝爾能源。

郝芬 譯自 油價網

原文如下：

Egypt Boasts Record Crude Oil Production

Egypt has recently announced its crude oil production has exceeded 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) for the first time since the late 1950s, Al-Monitor reports, quoting Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek el-Molla.

Egypt’s General Petroleum Company will aim to boost the development of new oil wells and infrastructure, Tarek el-Molla said at the general meeting of the company which he presided earlier this month.

Most of Egypt’s crude oil production comes from the Western Desert region, 56 percent, followed by the Gulf of Suez with 23 percent, the Eastern Desert accounts for 12 percent of Egypt’s current oil production, and the Sinai Peninsula represents 9 percent of output.

Egypt currently produces some 1.1 billion cubic feet of gas per day and almost 700,000 bpd of crude oil, after having developed production fields in the Gulf of Suez, Atef Hassan, head of one of the local companies, Petrobel, told Al-Monitor.

Egypt’s crude oil production numbers are modest, but its waters in the Mediterranean hold the largest natural gas discovery in the Mediterranean Sea, the giant Zohr field which began production two years ago.

Following the start-up of the Zohr field in early 2018, Egypt became an essential player in the Mediterranean. Zohr has played a crucial role in helping Egypt to avoid the need to import liquefied natural gas (LNG).

In recent years, Egypt has been at the center of a ‘natural gas rush’ in the Eastern Mediterranean after Italy’s Eni discovered the Zohr field in 2015, saying it was the largest ever gas discovery in the Mediterranean.

Earlier this month, Eni and BP announced a new gas discovery in the Mediterranean, in the waters of the Nile Delta.

In one of the latest deals concerning the Eastern Mediterranean, U.S. supermajor Chevron will scoop up Noble Energy’s natural gas assets offshore Israel and Cyprus after it entered into a definitive agreement to buy Houston-based Noble Energy in an all-stock transaction valued at US$5 billion.