赤几与美国埃克森美孚石油公司达成新的石油产量分成合同
2015年1月6日,赤道几内亚能矿与矿产部宣布,赤几政府与美国埃克森美孚石油公司(ExxonMobil Exploration Company)就海上EG-06区块达成新的产量分成合同(Production Sharing Contract ,PSC)。
新的产量分成合同由三方共同签署,能矿部代表赤几政府、赤几国家石油公司(GEPetrol)和美国埃克森美孚石油公司(ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Equatorial Guinea (Offshore) Limited)
自1995年起,美国埃克森美孚石油公司一直在赤几海上B区快(扎菲罗油田,ZAFIRO oil filed)作业,截止2014年12月,扎菲罗油田(ZAFIRO)已累计产油超过10亿桶。
在扎菲罗油田(ZAFIRO)所在的B区块,美国埃克森美孚石油公司占71.25%的参与权益,赤几国家石油公司占23.75%的参与权益,赤几政府占5%的参与权益。
Ceremony of Block EG-06 PSC
L-R:
Candido Nsue Okomo – Managing Director, GEPetrol,
H.E. Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima - Minister of Mines, Industry and Energy,
Pamela Darwin – Regional Vice President Africa, ExxonMobil Exploration Company.
The Ministry of Mines, Industry and Energy is pleased to announce the signature of a new Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for Block EG-06, offshore Bioko Island, Republic of Equatorial Guinea.
The PSC was signed between the Ministry of Mines, Industry and Energy on behalf of the Government of Equatorial Guinea, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Equatorial Guinea (Offshore) Limited and GEPetrol, the national oil company of Equatorial Guinea.
Block EG-06 is located offshore Bioko Island, immediately to the north of the Ophir Energy operated Block R and adjacent to the international border with Nigeria. Block EG-06 comprises the area formerly covered by blocks D-8, D-9, C-9, C-10 (part), C-11 (part), B-10 and B-11 (part).
The EG-06 PSC is subject to ratification by the Government of Equatorial Guinea and will not come into effect until ratification is completed.
ExxonMobil has been active in Equatorial Guinea since 1995 and operates and holds a 71.25 per cent interest in Block B, offshore Bioko Island, which contains the giant Zafiro oil field. The National Oil Company of Equatorial Guinea, GEPetrol, holds a 23.75 per cent interest and the State holds the remaining 5 per cent interest in Block B. In December 2014 production from the Zafiro field exceeded 1 billion barrels.
H.E. Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, Minister of Mines, Industry and Energy stated: I am extremely pleased that a major oil company such as ExxonMobil has reaffirmed its confidence in the Equatorial Guinea Oil and Gas sector by signing this new PSC, particularly at a time when oil prices have fallen substantially. We are hopeful that this will signal to the industry at large that Equatorial Guinea is still an attractive area to explore, even within the current lower oil price environment.