中国石化新闻网讯 据5月10日NS Energy报道，由法国石油公司道达尔能源牵头的一个财团将于今年9月开始在黎巴嫩进行海上钻井作业。

该财团包括意大利石油和天然气公司埃尼和卡塔尔国有石油公司卡塔尔能源，已为海上9号区块分配了一个钻井平台。

在阿布扎比举行的世界公用事业大会期间，黎巴嫩能源部长Walid Fayyad表示，“该钻井平台将于9月在黎巴嫩开始工作。在今年年底之前，我们将知道是否会获得发现” 。

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去年10月，黎巴嫩和以色列解决了海上边界争端。随后，道达尔能源和埃尼与以色列签署了一项框架协议，以执行海上边界协议，并开始探索9号区块中可能延伸到以色列水域的能源。

Walid Fayyad补充说，该区块的潜在发现可能会导致申请勘探另外八个海上区块的申请截止日期再次延长至6月之后。

他说，“我从该领域的参与者那里了解到，他们渴望看到第9区块的钻探结果，然后再决定在黎巴嫩进一步投资或承诺。最终，如果他们没有足够的兴趣，我们也必须接受结果”。

去年12月，道达尔能源董事长兼首席执行官潘彦磊和黎巴嫩方面讨论了黎巴嫩勘探进展情况。

今年年初，道达尔能源和埃尼完成了将9号和4号区块30%的勘探权益转让给卡塔尔能源公司的交易。

道达尔能源目前持有该区块35%的股份，而埃尼和卡塔尔能源公司分别持有该区块35%和30%的股份。

洪伟立 摘译自 NS Energy

原文如下：

TotalEnergies to start offshore drilling operations in Lebanon this September

A consortium led by French petroleum company TotalEnergies is set to commence offshore drilling operations in Lebanon from September this year.

The consortium, which includes Italian oil and gas company ENI and Qatar’s state-owned petroleum company QatarEnergy, has assigned a rig for the offshore Block 9.

On the sidelines of the World Utilities Congress in Abu Dhabi, Lebanon’s caretaker energy minister Walid Fayyad was quoted by the news agency as saying: “The rig will start working in Lebanon in September. Before the end of the year, we will know if there is a discovery.”

The move comes after Lebanon and Israel settled their maritime border dispute in October last year.

Subsequently, TotalEnergies and ENI signed a framework agreement with Israel to implement the maritime boundary agreement and to start exploring an identified prospect in Block 9 that might extend into Israeli waters.

Minister Fayyad added that a potential discovery in the block might result in another extension of a deadline for applications to explore eight additional offshore blocs, beyond June.

He said: “I have been hearing from players in the field that they are keen to see the result of the drilling in Bloc 9 before they make decisions as to further investments or commitments in Lebanon. In the end if we don’t have enough interest and players, we must adapt.”

In December last year, TotalEnergies chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanné and Minister Fayad discussed the potential development activities in Lebanon.

Earlier this year, TotalEnergies and Eni completed the transfer of a 30% interest in exploration Blocks 9 and 4, to QatarEnergy.

TotalEnergies now operates the blocks with a 35% stake, while Eni and QatarEnergy hold 35% and 30% stakes in the blocks, respectively.

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