據(jù)Mercopress 4月20日消息，根據(jù)其合作伙伴墨菲石油公司稱，美國(guó)?？松梨诠菊诎臀鳀|北部近海的一個(gè)新區(qū)域開采石油和天然氣，儲(chǔ)量可能高達(dá)10億桶石油和天然氣當(dāng)量。

墨菲石油公司首席執(zhí)行官Roger Jenkins在向投資者的介紹中介紹了巴西近海Cutthroat-1油田的最新情況。

如果勘探成功，這將是?？松鳛檫\(yùn)營(yíng)商在巴西發(fā)現(xiàn)的首個(gè)石油開采項(xiàng)目。埃克森美孚在巴西東北部的Sergipe-Alagoas盆地?fù)碛?0%的股份，在該地區(qū)處于領(lǐng)先地位。巴西生產(chǎn)商Enauta持有30%的股份，總部位于休斯敦的墨菲石油公司持有20%的股份。

Jenkins說(shuō)，埃克森美孚于2月20日開始了Cutthroat-1油田的鉆探活動(dòng)，并將在未來(lái)幾周內(nèi)完成。

這是三家公司在Sergipe-Alagoas盆地九個(gè)區(qū)塊中的第一口探井。他說(shuō)，Cutthroat地區(qū)的總資源潛力在5億至10.5億桶當(dāng)量石油之間。

祝精燕 摘譯自 Mercopress

原文如下:

Exxon Mobil drilling offshore in Brazil's Sergipe/Alagoas basin with a potential of a billion barrels

United States Exxon Mobil Corp. is drilling in a new area offshore in the northeast of Brazil that could have as much as a billion barrels of oil and gas equivalent, according to its partner Murphy Oil.

Murphy Oil CEO Roger Jenkins gave the update on the Cutthroat-1 prospect offshore Brazil in a presentation to investors.

If exploration is successful, it would be Exxon’s first oil discovery in Brazil as an operator. Exxon leads the prospect in the Sergipe-Alagoas basin, northeast of Brazil, with a 50% stake. It is joined by Brazilian producer Enauta with 30% and Houston-based Murphy Oil Corp with 20%.

Exxon kicked off drilling activity on the Cutthroat-1 prospect on Feb. 20 and should conclude in the coming weeks, Jenkins said.

This is the first exploratory well of the nine blocks the three companies hold together in the Sergipe-Alagoas basin. The Cutthroat area has an upward gross resource potential between 500 million to 1.050 billion barrels of equivalent oil, he said.