石油圈中国石化新闻网讯 据美国彭博新闻社3月11日伦敦报道，英国的页岩气生产潜力能够与美国表现最佳的页岩盆地马塞勒斯地层相媲美。 这是英国负责促进陆上天然气勘探机构的主要发现，该机构日前测试了英格兰北部三个地点的页岩气生产水平。英国陆上油气公司（UKOOG）把每口水平井的井产能的估计数提高到了55亿立方英尺，比英国董事协会游说团体2013年的预测飙升了72%。 由于英国政府对地震活动的严格控制以及公众的强烈反对，英国在水力压裂方面的进展一直十分艰难。离国内页岩气商业化生产最近的是Cuadrilla资源公司，该公司曾说，它拥有高质量的天然气资源，但在有关地震的监管放松之前，它什么也做不了。英国IGas能源公司周一表示，它在诺丁汉郡斯普林斯路发现了一个“重要的”页岩气田。 UKOOG首席执行官肯•克罗宁在接受媒体记者采访时表示：“这是对此前预期的一个非常巨大的提升。英国页岩气生产潜力巨大，我们知道英国现在开始依赖液化天然气（LNG）和俄罗斯天然气。现在是时候看看我们脚下有什么了。” 如果英国在全国范围内建设100个页岩气开采点，天然气净进口将几乎被取消。UKOOG称，这将使英国的国际收支每年增加80亿英镑(100亿美元)，到本世纪30年代初，英国天然气年产量将达到1.4万亿立方英尺的峰值。 李峻 编译自 美国彭博新闻社 原文如下： UK shale gas potential seen as good as the best in the U.S. Britain’s shale gas production has the potential to be as good as the best performing shale basin in the U.S., the Marcellus formation.
That’s the central finding from the body responsible for promoting onshore gas exploration, which tested levels at three sites across the north of England. UK Onshore Oil and Gas increased the estimate of well productivity to 5.5 Bcf per lateral well, a jump of 72% from a 2013 estimate by the Institute of Directors lobby group.
The UK’s progress on hydraulic fracturing has been painstaking, held back by tight government controls on seismic activity and fervent public opposition. Closest to commercially producing domestic gas is Cuadrilla Resources Ltd., which has said it is sitting on top of a high quality resource but can’t do anything else until regulations around tremors are relaxed. IGas Energy Plc said Monday that it discovered a “significant” seam of shale gas at its Springs Road site in Nottinghamshire.
“This is a very significant upgrade to previous estimates,” Ken Cronin, chief executive officer of UKOOG, said in an interview. “The potential is enormous, we know that the UK is now beginning to rely on LNG and Russian gas. Now is the time to look at what’s beneath our feet.”
If Britain rolled out 100 shale gas sites across the country, net gas imports would almost be eliminated. That would improve the nation’s balance of payments by 8 billion pounds ($10 billion) a year and could see annual gas production peak at 1,400 Bcf by the early 2030s, UKOOG said.
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