非洲石油公司获准收购南非区块的权益

据海上石油新闻2月10日消息称，南非政府已批准非洲石油公司从Azinam手中收购20%的参股权益和3B / 4B区块的经营权。

3B / 4B区块位于南非近海的Orange盆地，占地面积17581平方公里。它的最大水深为2500米。

非洲石油公司将承担合资伙伴Azinam和Ricocure的运营职责。他们将分别拥有该区块20%和60%的参与权益。

运营商打算在白垩纪中期的油田(位于3B / 4B区块)钻探几口探井。

非洲石油总裁兼首席执行官Keith Hill表示：“加上Impact石油天然气公司和非洲能源公司中的股权，非洲石油公司在从南非延伸到纳米比亚的几个新兴油田中占有重要地位，道达尔和壳牌都计划在2020年在那里开发潜在的油田，与此同时，他们也在邻近3B/4B区块的其他区块增加自己的业务。

“从现有的三维地震调查中，我们发现了一些与石油巨头们所瞄准的目标相似的前景。

非洲石油公司还表示，将通过Impact石油天然气公司参与一项4000万美元的融资计划。Impact打算用这些收益来资助其对2020年高影响钻井项目的兴趣。

曹海斌 摘译自 海上石油新闻

原文如下：

Africa Oil gains approval to acquire interest in South African block

The Government of South Africa has approved Africa Oil’s acquisition of a 20% participating interest and operatorship of Block 3B / 4B from Azinam.

Situated in the Orange basin in offshore South Africa, Block 3B / 4B covers an area of 17,581km2. It has a maximum water depth of 2,500m.

Africa Oil will assume operatorship for the joint venture (JV) partners Azinam and Ricocure. They will respectively own a 20% and 60% participating interest in the block.

Operators are intending to drill several exploratory wells in the mid-Cretaceous oil play, the location of Block 3B / 4B.

Africa Oil president and CEO Keith Hill said: “Together with our equity interests in Impact Oil and Gas and Africa Energy Corp., Africa Oil has a significant footprint in several emerging plays extending from South Africa to Namibia, where both Total and Shell plan to drill potential play-openers in 2020 and at the same time are increasing their positions in other blocks adjacent to Block 3B/4B.

“From existing 3D seismic surveys, we have identified a number of similar prospects to those that the majors are targeting.

Africa Oil also said that it will participate in a $40m capital raising by Impact Oil and Gas. Impact intends to use these proceeds to fund its interest in high-impact 2020 drilling programmes.