据油气新闻网9月4日报道，南非国家纳米比亚矿业和能源部长表示，道达尔能源和壳牌公司在纳米比亚近海发现的石油和天然气具有商业价值，可能达到数十亿桶。

这两家公司今年早些时候宣布，他们在纳米比亚近?；竦昧恕爸卮蟆狈⑾郑壳罢诮衅拦?。

两家公司没有详细说明发现的数量，但据消息人士告诉路透社称，道达尔的发现超过10亿桶石油当量。

这些发现可能使欧佩克成员国安哥拉的南部邻国纳米比亚成为非洲大西洋沿岸最新的石油生产国。

纳米比亚矿业和能源部部长在塞内加尔达喀尔举行的一次石油会议间隙对路透社表示，两家公司都很谨慎，但已经谈到了数十亿桶的商业数量。

Alweendo表示，商业性是存在的。基本上想确保在投入生产投资之前，知道具体的数量。并补充道，这些公司正在钻探第二口和第三口井，到今年年底，将完成评估并估算出数量。

这位部长在会议上称，这些公司可能在四年内开始生产。两家公司都热衷于加快生产进程，并都提到，四年后他们将开始生产。

郝芬 译自 油气新闻网

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Shell, Total Namibia Oil discoveries likely in billions of barrells

Namibian offshore oil and gas discoveries by TotalEnergies and Shell are of commercial quantities, likely in the billions of barrells, said the southern African nation's mines and energy minister.

Both companies announced earlier this year that they had made "significant" discoveries offshore Namibia, and are currently making assessments.

The companies did not detail the quantities found but a source told Reuters that Total's discovery was more than 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent.

The discoveries could make Namibia, the southern neighbour of Opec member Angola, the latest oil producer along the African Atlantic coast.

"The companies are cautious, but have talked about commercial quantities in billions of barrels," Namibia Mines and Energy Minister Tom Alweendo told Reuters on the sideline of an oil conference in Dakar, Senegal.

"The commerciality is there. They basically want to make sure that before they commit to production investment, they know what exact quantities are there," Alweendo said.

He added that the firms are in the process of drilling their second and third wells, and by the end of the year they would have done the appraisals and have estimated figures.

The minister told the conference that the companies could start production in four years.

"Both companies are keen to accelerate the process to production and have both mentioned that in four years, they should start producing. It is not something that we imposed, but it is something that we have discussed," he said.