据路透社8月15日报道,美国政府周五批准了美国石油生产商康菲石油在阿拉斯加国家石油储备区(该州北坡油田沿线的荒野地区)钻探的计划。
美国国土资源管理局(Bureau of Land Management)公布了该公司的Willow项目的最终环境影响报告,称该项目在未来30年里可能每天生产超过16万桶石油。如果建成,该项目将是该地区最西端的开发项目。美国国土资源管理局表示,该项目可能有助于抵消该州石油产量下降的影响。阿拉斯加石油日产量已从1988年的峰值逾200万桶降至40.4万桶。
康菲石油公司是阿拉斯加石油产量最大的生产商,今年第一季度在该州的石油和天然气产量为21.8万桶/天。今年早些时候,该公司削减了阿拉斯加的生产和支出,并于上月表示,将恢复部分被削减的产量。
美国国土资源管理局阿拉斯加州局长查德·帕吉特在一份声明中表示:“这将提高跨阿拉斯加管道系统的吞吐量,最终为阿拉斯加居民提供更多的就业机会,并创造更多的收入。”
康菲石油所在财团拥有并运营着一条800英里(1287公里)长的跨阿拉斯加输油管道,该管道将石油从阿拉斯加北坡的普拉德霍湾(阿拉斯加的大部分石油生产集中地)向南输送到瓦尔迪兹港。
在最终的环境影响报告中概述的计划允许最多五个钻探地和辅助设施,包括通往相关交通道路和管道。
王佳晶 摘译自 路透社
原文如下:
ConocoPhillips gets U.S. green light for Alaska oil project
The Trump Administration on Friday approved U.S. oil producer ConocoPhillips’ plan for drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, a wilderness area along the state’s North Slope oil fields.
The Bureau of Land Management published a final Environmental Impact Statement for the company’s Willow project, which the agency said could produce more than 160,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) over the next 30 years. If constructed, Willow will be the westernmost development on the North Slope.
The project could help offset oil production declines in the state, according to the BLM. Alaska’s oil output has dropped to 404,000 bpd from its peak of over 2 million bpd in 1988.
ConocoPhillips, Alaska’s largest oil producer by volume, pumped 218,000 bpd of oil and gas in the state during the first quarter. It cut production and spending in Alaska earlier this year and last month said it would restore some of the curtailed production.
“It provides for more throughput in the Trans Alaska Pipeline System, ultimately providing for more jobs for Alaskans and creating more revenue for the state,” BLM Alaska State Director Chad Padgett said in a statement.
ConocoPhillips is part of a consortium that owns and operates the 800-mile (1,287 km) Trans Alaska Pipeline that moves oil from Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope of Alaska, where most of the state’s oil production is concentrated, south to the Port of Valdez.
The plan outlined in the final environmental impact statement allows for up to five drill sites and support facilities, including roads and pipelines to access the lease site.