石油设备网讯 据特拉维夫彭博社4月10日消息，埃克森美孚正在讨论建立一个平台，扩大以色列最大天然气田的出口。
作为世界上最大的公开交易石油和天然气公司，埃森克美孚正在与以色列当局就建造浮动液化天然气船来开发该国的利维坦水库进行谈判。该项目将允许利维坦合作伙伴向无法通过管道到达的国家出口，并避免需要建造昂贵的基础设施来连接埃及的液化天然气设施。人们警告说，讨论最终可能不会促成合作关系。
埃克森的一位代表说，该公司仍在评估其选择权。
开发利维坦的合作伙伴在深海发现了约6000亿立方米，这是十年来最大的水下天然气发现。他们已经为下一个开发阶段的油气藏出口交易做好了准备，并正在研究如何进入该地区以外的市场。利维坦油田的最大股东德莱克钻探公司（Delek Drilling）正在考虑几种选择，例如收购埃及一家液化天然气工厂的股份。
对埃克森美孚而言，向以色列扩张将反映出该公司在东地中海地区日益增长的野心，该地区横跨埃及、以色列、黎巴嫩和塞浦路斯水域。今年2月，埃克森美孚在塞浦路斯海域发现了一个约为利维坦三分之一大小的近海水库，并在该地区建立了据点。
据知情人士透露，埃克森最近与以色列能源部长斯泰尼茨（Yuval Steinitz）就参与即将进行的新海上钻井集团投标进行了交谈。
胡晶晶摘译自彭博社
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Exxon working with Israel to develop floating LNG export facility
Exxon Mobil is in discussions to build a platform that would expand the export reach of Israel’s biggest natural gas field.
The world’s largest publicly-traded oil and gas company is in talks with Israeli authorities about developing the country’s Leviathan reservoir by building floating liquefied natural gas ship. Such a project would allow the Leviathan partners to export to countries not reachable with pipelines and avoid the need to build expensive infrastructure to connect to LNG facilities in Egypt. It’s possible the discussions ultimately won’t lead to a partnership, the people cautioned.
An Exxon representative said the company was still evaluating its options.
The partners developing Leviathan, a deep-sea find of about 600 billion cubic meters -- at the time it was found, the biggest underwater gas discovery in a decade -- have bookmarked the next phase of the reservoir’s development for export deals and are examining ways to reach markets outside the region. Delek Drilling, the biggest shareholder in the Leviathan field, is looking into several options, such as buying a stake in one of Egypt’s LNG sites.
For Exxon, expanding into Israel would reflect the company’s growing ambitions in the East Med, an area that straddles Egyptian, Israeli, Lebanese and Cypriot waters. Exxon established a foothold in the region in February, when it found an offshore reservoir in Cypriot waters that’s about one-third the size of Leviathan.
Exxon recently spoke with Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz about participating in an upcoming tender for new offshore drilling blocs, according to people familiar with the matter.
