中国石化新闻网讯 据能源之声8月26日消息称，壳牌将于明年第一季度开始对北海的Resolution和Endeavor天然气发现进行地震研究。
此前，这家能源巨头从爱敦资源公司手中接管了许可证经营权，并持有这两家公司70%的权益。
根据协议，壳牌将支付获取和处理3D地震勘探的85%的费用，根据许可证条款，这需要在2021年5月31日前完成。
壳牌公司将承担高达500万美元的费用，届时爱敦公司将负责30%的调查费用。
壳牌还将为油井投资决策支付100%的研究和人力成本。
爱敦资源公司援引了斯伦贝谢去年发布的一份人员报告，该报告估计，这些发现的天然气储量为2310亿立方英尺。
爱敦说，由壳牌公司经营的许可证“毗邻”北海南部的北约克郡海岸，Endeavor最早于1966年被道达尔发现。
爱敦资源公司的常务董事马克•阿博特表示：“我们很高兴将爱敦的这些重要且有潜在价值的许可证的权益和经营权转让给壳牌。现在，重点将放在进行有关Resolution和Endeavour天然气发现的评估活动上。
壳牌与爱敦之间的北海转让协议于今年1月首次达成。
爱敦资源公司总部位于汉普郡，是一家专注于陆上油气勘探的公司。
曹海斌 摘译自 能源之声
原文如下：
Shell to begin seismic work on North Sea gas discoveries next year
Shell will kick off seismic studies on the Resolution and Endeavour gas discoveries in the North Sea in the first quarter of next year.
Shell will kick off seismic studies on the Resolution and Endeavour gas discoveries in the North Sea in the first quarter of next year.
It comes as the energy giant took over operatorship of the licences from Egdon Resources, farming in with 70% interest in both.
Under the deal, Shell will pay 85% of the costs for acquiring and processing the 3D seismic survey, which needs to completed by May 31 2021 under the terms of the licenses.
Shell will meet these costs up to $5million, at which point Egdon will be responsible for 30% of survey.
Shell will also pay 100% of all studies and manpower costs through to the well investment decisions.
Egdon Resources cited a competent persons report from Schlumberger from last year which estimated the discoveries have mean contingent resources of 231 billion cubic feet of gas.
The Shell-operated licenses lie “adjacent” to the North Yorkshire coast in the Southern North Sea, Egdon said, with Endeavour first having been discovered in 1966 by Total.
Mark Abbott, managing director of Egdon Resources, said: “We are delighted to have completed the transfer of interest and operatorship to Shell in respect of these important, and potentially valuable, licences for Egdon. The focus will now be on progressing appraisal activity on the Resolution and Endeavour gas discoveries.
The North Sea farm-in deal between Shell and Egdonwas first agreed in January this year.
Egdon Resources, headquartered in Hampshire, is an onshore-focussed oil and gas exploration business.
