據路透社3月1日消息稱，挪威啟動了一項針對2021年成熟地區許可回合的磋商，其中提供了84個新的石油勘探區塊，其中包括北極巴倫支海的70個區塊。

石油和能源部聲明所附的地圖顯示，新區塊位于熊島東南部，大約在北極斯瓦爾巴特群島和歐洲大陸的中間。

聲明說，北海提供了四個新區塊，挪威海提供了十個新區塊。

挪威石油和能源部長Tina Bru在一份聲明中說：“可預測地進入新勘探區對于石油工業的進一步發展至關重要。這使我們能夠在挪威大陸架上以及供應商行業中保持活動和價值創造。”

2003年，為了方便在挪威大陸架最知名的地質區域進行勘探，挪威開始了“預定義區域”(APA)許可回合。

挪威還在邊境地區舉行了“編號”許可回合。

該部表示，包括Equinor、殼牌和埃尼的挪威子公司Vaar Energi在內的七家石油公司，已在最近的第25輪許可回合中申請區塊。

挪威已經提供了136個新的海上勘探區塊，包括巴倫支海的125個。

申請名單不包括挪威獨立石油公司Aker BP，該公司此前曾表示對巴倫支海的勘探結果感到失望。

第25輪許可回合的其他申請公司包括倫丁能源公司、OMV、日本出光和英力士。

在之前的第24輪和第23輪邊境地區許可回合中，分別吸引了11家和26家石油公司的競標。

Pleym補充說:“挪威應該將石油行業需求下降視為一個明確的跡象，表明石油正在走向衰退期，我們最好開始進行化石燃料的過渡。”

曹海斌 摘譯自 路透社

原文如下：

Norway offers 84 exploration blocks in 2021 licensing round

Norway launched a consultation on a 2021 licensing round in mature areas in which it offered 84 new blocks for petroleum exploration, including 70 in the Arctic Barents Sea.

The maps attached to a statement by the Petroleum and Energy Ministry showed new blocks offered southeast of Bear Island, roughly half way between the Arctic Svalbard Archipelago and mainland Europe.

Four new blocks were offered in the North Sea and 10 in the Norwegian Sea, the statement said.

“Predictable access to (a) new exploration area is crucial for further development of the petroleum industry. It enables us to maintain activity and value creation on the Norwegian shelf and in the supplier industry,” Norway’s Oil and Energy Minister Tina Bru said in a statement.

The predefined areas (APA) licensing rounds were introduced in 2003 to facilitate exploration in the most geologically known parts of the Norwegian continental shelf.

Seven oil companies, including Equinor, Shell and Eni’s Norwegian subsidiary Vaar Energi, have applied for blocks offered in the latest 25th licensing round, the ministry said.

Norway has offered 136 new offshore exploration blocks in the round, including 125 in the Barents Sea.

The applicant list does not include Norway’s independent oil firm Aker BP, which has previously said it was disappointed with exploration results in the Barents Sea.

Other applicants in the 25th licensing round are Lundin Energy, OMV, Idemitsu and Ineos.

Frode Pleym, head of Greenpeace Norway, said the push for oil exploration in the Arctic showed Norway was not “a green nation”, while it should take a hint from a dwindling interest in exploration.

The previous two frontier areas licensing rounds, 24th and 23rd, attracted bids from 11 and 26 oil companies respectively.

“Norway should take the reduced appetite from the industry as a clear indication that oil is on its way out and that we better start the transition away from fossil fuels,” Pleym added.