尼日利亚最大独立石油生产商投资50亿增产

据世界石油网7月2日阿布贾报道，尼日利亚最大的独立石油生产商计划在未来五年内投入50亿美元用于提高其石油和天然气产量。

Aiteo Eastern E&P Co. 公司首席执行官Victor Okoronkwo周二在尼日利亚阿布贾接受采访时表示，公司计划在寻求提高产量的同时再钻新油井并重新开放现有油井，公司还将寻求增加与尼日利亚国有石油公司合资的股份。

尼日利亚政府已经改变了运营商筹集资金的方式，摆脱了所谓的现金筹集模式，即合作伙伴根据合资企业的股份做出贡献。这为运营商提供了更多自由来获得融资。尼日利亚也在削减其在合资企业的股份，以筹集现金。

Okoronkwo说：“我们的期望是，根据我们与联邦政府之间的合资协议，现有合伙人将享有优先购买权。”Aiteo在OML29中的份额为45%，其中国有的尼日利亚国家石油公司持有剩余部分。

尼日利亚生产商曾向荷兰皇家壳牌公司等石油巨头购买石油租约，当时海外运营商限制了西非国家的业务，Aiteo也是其中之一。Okoronkwo说，过去两年内，Aiteo和政府至少花费了20亿美元的财政收入，其Nembe Creek Trunk Line管道一再停止运营，该管道主要用来输送壳牌的轻质原油。

Aiteo目前泵送约9万桶/天，根据扩展计划，预计五年内产量增至25万桶/天。Okoronkwo说，在此期间，每日天然气产量将增加六倍，达到300 MMscf。

裘寅 编译自 世界石油

原文如下：

Nigeria’s largest oil independent to spend $5 billion to boost output

Nigeria’s largest independent oil producer plans to spend as much as $5 billion to boost its oil and natural gas production in the next five years.

Aiteo Eastern E&P Co. plans to drill new oil wells and re-open existing ones as it seeks to raise production, CEO Victor Okoronkwo said Tuesday in an interview in Abuja, Nigeria. It will also seek to increase its stake in a joint venture with Nigeria’s state oil company.

The Nigerian government has made changes to how operators can raise funds, moving away from the so-called cash call model whereby partners contribute in line with their stake in a joint venture. That gives operators more freedom to secure financing. Nigeria is also cutting its holdings in joint ventures in order to raise cash.

“Our expectation is that in line with the joint venture agreement between us and the federal government, the existing partner will have the right of first refusal,” Okoronkwo said. Aiteo has a share of 45% in Oil Mining Lease 29, with state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. holding the remainder.

Aiteo is among Nigerian producers that bought oil leases from majors such as Royal Dutch Shell Plc when overseas operators curbed operations in the West African nation. The repeated halting of its Nembe Creek Trunk Line, which runs to Shell’s export terminal for Bonny crude, has cost Aiteo and the government at least $2 billion in revenue over the last two years, Okoronkwo said.

Aiteo currently pumps about 90,000 bopd and forecasts production of 250,000 bbl in five years under the planned expansion. Daily natural gas production would increase six-fold to 300 MMscf in the period, Okoronkwo said.