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中国石化新闻网讯 据《油气新闻周刊》8月24日消息，跨国石油与天然气巨头BP公司已与埃及就投资100亿美元进行天然气田勘探事宜达成交易，相关气田的天然气储量预计为5万亿立方英尺。

投资协议由埃及总理Ibrahim Mahlab宣告敲定，其所涉及的天然气田产量为埃及日总产气量的20%。

报告称，100亿美元将在未来4-5年内进行投资。

BP表示将重启北亚历山大天然气项目，2011年气田曾因局势动荡而停产，现计划于2017年投产。

该气田由BP发现，日产量可达120万立方英尺，相当于埃及目前天然气产量的20%。

酝酿中的天然气协议将解决埃及的能源困境，该国需要天然气进行发电以满足全国的电力短缺，并遏制国内天然气减产的势头。

目前埃及国内石油总产量的15%由BP生产，近30%的天然气由BP及其合作伙伴生产。

在之前的声明中，埃及石油部长谢里夫?伊斯梅尔曾指出BP在北亚历山大特许开采的初始日产量将达4.5亿立方英尺，并且产量将在2018年翻番。

伊斯梅尔还表示，埃及将在2014年底偿还15亿美元对外国能源公司的债务；埃及天然气控股公司总裁Khaled Abdel Badie称，今年5月石油债务总额已经增加到60亿美元。

5月份，BP曾表示计划于下半年对埃及投资15亿美元以提高自身产量。

多份报告显示，埃及2014-15财年的天然气消费量预计增加12.5%，达55.7亿立方英尺/天。

詹乐乾 摘译自《油气新闻周刊》，2014-8-26

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原文如下：

BP finalises $10bn deal for Egypt’s gas fields exploration

MULTINATIONAL oil and gas giant, British Petroleum (BP) has struck a deal with Egypt to invest $10 billion in gas fields exploration, which are estimated to hold 5 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas reserves.

The North African country’s Prime Minister, Ibrahim Mahlab announced the finalisation of the investment deal that will see work begin in gas fields capable of producing 20 per cent of Egypt’s total daily gas output.

The $10 billion capital will be invested over the next four to five years, reports say.

BP says that it will restart a gas project in north Alexandria, halted since 2011 due to instability, and is scheduled to start production in 2017.

The fields, which were discovered by BP, can produce 1.2 million cubic feet per day (mcfd) ? equivalent to 20 per cent of Egypt’s current daily gas production.

The gas deal, which has been in the pipeline, is needed to tackle Egypt’s energy difficulties as the Middle Eastern country needs natural gas for power generation to cover for the nationwide shortages and reverse the deterioration in local production of gas.

BP currently produces almost 15 per cent of Egypt’s entire oil output and close to 30 per cent of Egypt’s gas production with its partners.

In previous statements, Egypt’s oil minister Sherif Ismail pointed out that BP’s north Alexandria concession would produce 450 million cubic feet per day (mcfd) in initial production. The output would almost double to 800 mcfd by 2018.

Ismail adds that Egypt would pay $1.5 billion of the money it owed to foreign energy companies by the end of 2014. The total amount of oil debts has increased to $6 billion in May, according to Khaled Abdel Badie, president of the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (Egas).

Earlier in May, BP said that it planned to invest $1.5 billion in Egypt during the second half of 2014 in order to increase its production.

According to reports, Egypt’s consumption of natural gas is projected to increase 12.5 per cent to 5.57 billion cubic feet per day in 2014-15 fiscal year.