据悉,印尼国家石油公司(Pertamina)一位高管周四表示,公司当前估计期待已久的East Natuna区块至少在2030年不可能达到生产条件,比此前估计的2024年达到投产条件推迟了六年。
印尼国油上游主管Syamsu Alam告诉记者:“问题非常复杂,投产过程仍有很长的路要走,如果我们能在2030年达到投产条件,就已经不错了。
他表示:“我们不得不评估天然气价格,然后决定该项目是通过管线或LNG的方式进行开发。”该区块的产量分成合同已经几次推迟。
该区块估计拥有222万亿立方英尺的天然气,二氧化碳含量高达约70%。该区块约46万亿立方英尺的天然气资源被认为是可以开采的,但是二氧化碳的分离是面临的最大技术难题,同时成本也将较为昂贵。
该区块最初是在1995年授予埃克森美孚公司,但是在2005年最后期限前埃克森美孚没能提供开发计划,印尼政府在2006年中止了该合同。
2008年印尼国油成为该区块唯一的拥有者。
庞晓华摘译自PLATTS 2015-11-26
原文如下:
Indonesia's Pertamina delays East Natuna gas startup target to 2030
Jakarta (Platts)--26 Nov 2015 328 am EST/828 GMT
Indonesia's Pertamina now estimates the long-awaited East Natuna block might not be ready for production until at least 2030, six years after the latest estimate of 2024, a senior official said Thursday.
"The problems are very complicated," Syamsu Alam, Pertamina's upstream director, told reporters. "The process is still long way to go. If we can make it in 2030, that's fair."
"We have to evaluate the gas price, also whether the project is to be developed through pipeline or LNG," he said.
A production sharing contract for the block has been delayed several times.
The block contains an estimated 222 Tcf of gas with high carbon dioxide content of around 70%. About 46 Tcf of gas is thought to be recoverable, but the separation of carbon dioxide is technically challenging and costly.
The block was initially awarded to ExxonMobil in 1995. But the government terminated the company's contract in 2006 after it failed to provide a development plan by a 2005 deadline.
Pertamina became the sole owner of the block in 2008.