据海上工程师网2022年2月15日报道，圭亚那周二在一次国际会议上对国际石油高管表示，圭亚那今年可能组建一家国家石油和天然气公司来监督自己的油气勘探作业，而不是举行海上钻井作业权拍卖。  

这个南美洲小国已经成为几十年来最热门的石油勘探前沿阵地之一，在其大西洋沿岸发现了大量石油和天然气储量。 圭亚那曾预计将在今年第三季度举行一次勘探许可证拍卖。  

由美国石油巨头埃克森美孚公司牵头的国际财团拥有面积达660万英亩(26800平方公里)探区开采权是在本世纪初获得批准，并在2016年获得续期的。 今年该国际财团预计将每天生产多达34万桶石油。

圭亚那副总裁巴拉特·贾格·德奥在会议上表示：“我们这里有些人提出了与政府合作并利用剩余区块的建议。”与会者包括埃克森美孚公司首席执行官、赫斯公司首席执行官以及来自加纳、苏里南和巴巴多斯的官员。

他说：“我们要么在今年第三季的某个时候进行海上钻井许可证拍卖，要么利用这些区块成立一家国有石油公司。”“到今年第三季度，所有这些决定都将做出。”

圭亚那曾表示，希望吸引其他石油公司勘探其水域。 它的目标是尽快完成一个新的利润分成框架，以管理未来的石油勘探和生产。

埃克森美孚公司首席执行官达伦·伍兹也在会上表示，该公司将继续致力于圭亚那的油气业务。 埃克森美孚公司牵头的国际财团包括赫斯公司等。  

伍兹说：“我们对圭亚那以及我们能够共同取得的成就感到乐观。”

李峻 编译自 海上工程师网

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Guyana May Choose to Develop Future Oil Prospects on Its Own

Guyana could form a national oil and gas company to oversee its own exploration instead of conducting an offshore drilling auction this year, a government official told international oil executives on Tuesday.

The tiny South American country has become one of the hottest oil exploration frontiers in decades, with massive discoveries of oil and gas off its Atlantic coast. An auction of prospecting licenses has been expected to be held by the third quarter this year.

A consortium led by U.S. major Exxon Mobil holds rights to 6.6 million acres (26,800 sq. km) granted earlier this century and renewed in 2016. That group is expected to pump up to 340,000 barrels of oil per day this year.

"We have some proposals from some people in this room, from large operators, to work with the government and utilize the remaining blocks," said Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo before an audience that included Exxon's chief executive, the CEO of Hess Corp and officials from Ghana, Suriname and Barbados.

"We will either go to an auction, sometime in the third quarter this year, with or without seismic (surveys) from our part, or alternatively use those blocks to form a national oil company," he said.

"By the third quarter of this year all of those decisions will be made."

The country has said it hopes to entice other oil companies to explore its waters. It aims to soon complete a new profit-sharing framework that would govern future oil exploration and production.

Exxon CEO Darren Woods told the same audience the company is committed to its Guyanese operations. The company leads a consortium that includes Hess and China's CNOOC Ltd.

"We are optimistic about Guyana and what we can achieve together,” Woods said.