为了应对越来越依赖石油进口的问题，印度计划将该国第一个战略石油储备(SPR)上线。SPR的第一阶段包括印度南部的三个地点（Visakhapatnam，Mangalore和Padur），总产油量达到3910万桶。位于东部海岸的Visakhapatnam设备厂已于去年夏天开始填充地下井洞。根据FACTS Global Energy提供的消息，Mangalore和Padur设备厂预计将在2016年底完工。一旦填充完成，这三个设施厂将提供一个为期约13天的基于2015的消费和生产数据而得出的净石油进口覆盖率。
In response to India's increasing reliance on petroleum imports, India plans to bring online the country's first strategic petroleum reserve (SPR). The first phase of India's SPR includes three locations (Visakhapatnam, Mangalore, and Padur) in southern India with a combined capacity of 39.1 million barrels of crude oil. The Visakhapatnam facility on the eastern coast began filling its underground caverns last summer. The Mangalore and Padur facilities are expected to be completed in late 2016, according to FACTS Global Energy. Once filled, these three facilities would provide an estimated 13 days of net oil import coverage, based on 2015 consumption and production data.
India's ultimate goal is to have an SPR that provides 90 days of net import coverage. The Indian government unveiled plans to add another 91 million barrels of SPR capacity in a second phase by 2020, although these facilities are still in the planning phase. The Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited (ISPRL), a special-purpose legal entity owned by the Oil Industry Development Board, would manage all of the SPR facilities.
The significant drop in international oil prices since mid-2014 provides India with an incentive to speed up construction and filling of its SPR. India is seeking to finance the second phase of its SPR partially through commercial agreements with foreign oil producers who can lease storage. India is currently negotiating with the United Arab Emirates' national oil company, ADNOC, to lease 5.5 million barrels of the Mangalore facility. Two-thirds of this volume would be available for India, and ADNOC could store the remaining volumes or sell the oil in the domestic market.
来自/Offshore Energy Today 7月20日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Mexico said the upcoming Round 2 bidding round, covering 15 offshore blocks, is to be held in the first quarter of 2017. The blocks are located along the coasts of Tampico, Misantla, Veracruz and southeastern Gulf of Mexico area, covering a surface of around 8,908 square kilometers. The bidding and the awards of the offshore blocks are scheduled for March 2017.
Successful bidders for the blocks located in shallow water of the Gulf of Mexico will sign a production sharing contract for 30 years with two possible extensions of five years. As for the deadlines set within a production sharing contract, the oil companies will be given four years for the initial exploration period, plus an additional time of up to two years. After that, subject to an oil and gas discovery, the license owner will be given up to two years after the discovery for evaluation. Following a potentially successful outcome of the discovery evaluation, a development period of 22 to 32 years will begin.
Regarding the local content requirement, Mexico’s national hydrocarbons agency said it would be set at 15% to 35%, based on the project maturation.
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Bumi Naryan-Mar是一艘救援船，船上装有溢油应急反应系统和消防设备，执行救援任务时可一次性承载125人。Bumi Uray和Bumi Pokachi是供应船，主要负责货物和人员运输，兼能清理生产生活垃圾。这些冰区船的技术特性能使其顺利通过Volga-Caspian运河，在冰区全年作业。
来自/Offshore Energy Today 7月20日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Russian oil company Lukoil has put into service three ice-class vessels in support of its Caspian Sea oil and gas activities. The vessels Bumi Uray, Bumi Pokachi and Bumi Naryan-Mar, delivered by Bumi Armada, will be used at the Vladimir Filanovsky field in the Caspian Sea.
According to Lukoil, Bumi Naryan-Mar is a standby/rescue vessel equipped with oil spill response equipment and fire fighting system, which can take up to 125 people on board during rescue operations. Supply vessels Bumi Uray and Bumi Pokachi will deliver cargo and personnel as well as remove industrial and household waste. Technical characteristics of the vessels allow them passing through the Volga-Caspian canal and their ice-class makes them suitable for year-round operation, Lukoil said.
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Eni is closing in on an order for a floating liquefied natural gas unit in South Korea, according to reports, with its likely destination to be off Mozambique.
The Italian major will in October firm up an order at Samsung Heavy Industries for a total project cost of $5.4 billion, Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported.
The FLNG contract is going to a consortium including France’s Technip and JGC of Japan, the report said.
Upstream reported last year that the consortium – called the Reef Consortium – was the front runner to land the contract for the FLNG unit for Eni’s planned Coral development in Area 4 off Mozambique.
Yonhap’s report said the order will be worth $2.5 billion to Samsung, with a total value of $5.4 billion.
Eni chief executive Claudio Descalzi had said in March this year that the company would take a final investment decision on Coral in 2016, with another on the Mamba onshore liquefaction project in Mozambique planned for next year. Eni is also planning on more than one FLNG on the Coral field and is looking to reduce its stake in the upstream licence there.
Eni’s development, operations and technology officer Roberto Casula said in March that the three consortia bidding to supply the Coral FLNG vessel managed to increase its capacity from 2.5 million tonnes per annum to 3.4 million tpa, while controlling costs.
He said the cost of the FLNG vessel stands at €1.3 billion ($1.44 billion today) per million tpa — equivalent to just shy of $5 billion.
Aberdeen Drilling Consultants (ADC), a rig inspection consultancy based in Scotland, has been awarded a contract by BP to provide engineering services globally.
ADC will provide support in more than 14 countries worldwide. It will deliver rig site assessments at all stages of operations, technical and marine assurance audits, dropped object / incident investigations, oversight of brownfield upgrades to drilling facilities and oversight of repairs and upgrades to rigs during Special Periodic Surveys.
Commenting on the award, Douglas Hay ADC managing director said: 'Securing this global framework agreement is testament to our experience and the trust our clients place in us to deliver. 'Our commitment to the application of engineering expertise throughout the audit process allows ADC rig inspections to perform at the highest level. This combined with our dedication to continuous technological innovation has played a key role in securing this extremely important piece of business.'
The company also credits an ongoing commitment in training and development, despite ongoing market conditions, as a major contributing factor to this recent award. Having developed an internal training programme for employees, it has also launched a series of virtual training courses, which have been accredited by the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC).
'This is an important time for our industry,' continues Mr. Hay. 'We must work together to ensure that we continue to develop and evolve, which is exactly what our virtual training modules are designed to do.'
The board of Pantheon is pleased to announce the acquisition of an additional 8% working interest in the 'West Double A'* and 'West West Double A'** prospects (previously referred to respectively as 'New Prospect A' and 'New Prospect D'), located in Polk County, East Texas. Upon completion of the acquisition, Pantheon's working interest in these two prospects, including the VOBM#1 discovery well, will increase from 50% to 58%. Pantheon's working interest in its Tyler County prospects remains unchanged at 50% and its working interest in 'New Prospect E' remains unchanged at 25%.
Purchase consideration for the 8% working interest comprises an up front cash payment of US$6.5m, plus an additional 20% of the drilling and completion costs of the VOBM#2H and VOBM#3H wells, estimated to be between US$1.0m and US$1.25m per well. In relation to the 8% working interest acquired, Pantheon will benefit from an accelerated payback mechanism whereby it will receive a 2.5x uplift on production revenues until such time as the acquisition cost has been recouped, at which point revenues will revert back to an 8% revenue interest.
The opportunity to acquire this additional working interest at a favourable price has arisen as a result of an internal reorganisation within the privately-owned Vision group. By mutual agreement no third parties have been involved. The transaction maintains the confidentiality of intellectual property within the group, minimises mid-drilling disruption and reinforces the excellent established relationship between Pantheon and Vision.
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