石油设备网讯 据彭博社3月25日消息称，科特迪瓦计划在今年6月前完成6个石油区块的开采许可。随着大型石油公司对西非勘探兴趣日益浓厚，该国正寻求提高原油产量。
石油能源和可再生能源部长西塞周一在开普敦接受采访时表示，政府正与法国和意大利石油巨头就这些区块进行谈判，但他拒绝透露具体是哪些公司。知情人士去年11月表示，该国正接近与道达尔和埃尼集团达成至少四个区块的生产分成协议。
西塞说，科特迪瓦有48个划定的石油区块，其中4个正在生产，另外24个正在勘探。他说，平均日产量约为7万桶，但“潜力要大得多”。
BP和图洛石油公司等生产商正在这个全球最大的可可种植国进行勘探。与此同时，邻国加纳的可可产量也提高到了每天20万桶左右。科特迪瓦正寻求实现经济多元化，该国的出口主要是巧克力和黄金。
西塞表示，政府希望增加当地企业对其石油行业的参与，尽管它没有对该行业代码进行重大修改的计划。他说，现有的代码“实际上相当好”，未来的任何修改都不会对现有参与者造成伤害。
西塞说:“我们目前正在与石油巨头谈判六份合同。这是一个信号，表明他们真的相信这个国家，否则他们不会去关注它。”
曹海斌 摘译自 彭博社
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Ivory Coast to Conclude Licensing of Six Oil Blocks by Midyear
Ivory Coast plans to conclude the licensing of six oil blocks by June as the country seeks to increase crude output amid rising interest from supermajors to explore in West Africa.
The government is in talks with French and Italian majors about the blocks, Minister of Petroleum, Energy and Renewable Energy Abdourahmane Cisse said in an interview in Cape Town on Monday, declining to identify the companies. The country was nearing production-sharing deals for at least four blocks with Total SA and Eni SpA, people familiar with the matter said in November.
Ivory Coast has 48 demarcated oil blocks, of which four are in production and another 24 under exploration, Cisse said. Output averages about 70,000 barrels per day, but “the potential is a lot higher,” he said.
Producers from BP Plc to Tullow Oil Plc are exploring in the world’s biggest cocoa grower as operators are raising output to about 200,000 barrels per day in neighboring Ghana. Ivory Coast is seeking to diversify an economy whose exports are dominated by shipments of the chocolate ingredient and gold.
The government would like to increase the participation of local companies in its oil sector, even though it has no plans to make major changes to the sector’s code, said Cisse. The existing code is “actually pretty good” and any future alterations will not cause harm to existing participants, he said.
“We have six contracts that we’re negotiating right now with majors,” said Cisse. “It’s a sign that they actually believe in the country, otherwise they won’t be looking at it.”
