据OGJ网站6月28日报道，莫尔斯比港油业搜索有限公司已经行使选择权，增加其在阿拉斯加的石油和天然气股权，以期在2022年之前从Pikka厂的Nanushuk油田开始30,000桶/天的早期生产（据OGJ网站2019年1月25日报道）。
该公司正在收购丹佛阿姆斯特朗能源有限公司(Armstrong Energy LLC)持有的25.5%的剩余股权，以及阿姆斯特朗子公司GMT勘探公司在Pikka厂和马蹄矿地区持有的37.5%的股权。另有37.5%的股权租赁到东部的色调页岩，25.5%的股权在其他勘探地区。这笔交易价值4.5亿美元。
它还计划重新调整与合作伙伴雷普索尔的股权。
交易结束后，石油搜索公司将持有Pikka厂和马蹄区各51%的股权，在其他勘探地区持有38.76%的股权，在色调页岩地区持有75%的股权。
阿姆斯特朗/GMT勘探公司将对其他勘探地区持有24%的股权，对色调页岩持有25%的股权。
雷普索尔将在Pikka和马蹄地各持有49%的股权，在其他勘探地区各持有37.24%的股权。
石油搜索公司计划在2020年上半年剥离阿拉斯加部分股权，然后对Pikka厂的开发做出最后的投资决定。该公司预计将保留约35%的核心资产。
2018-19年，它在Pikka装置完成了两口钻机，四口井的钻井计划，并计划在2019-20年再钻两口井。新项目将评估纳努舒克油田和Pikka厂以南马蹄地区的上游资源潜力。
它设想利用相邻租约的设施进行早期生产，然后安装专用设施，以便在2024年将产量增加12万桶/日。
郝芬 译自 OGJ
原文如下：
Oil Search expands interests in Alaska
Oil Search Ltd., Port Moresby, has exercised an option to increase its oil and gas interests in Alaska with a view toward starting 30,000 b/d of early production by 2022 from Nanushuk oil field in the Pikka Unit (OGJ It is buying remaining interests of 25.5% held by Armstrong Energy LLC, Denver, and 37.5% held by Armstrong affiliate GMT Exploration Co. in the Pikka Unit and Horseshoe area and a further 37.5% interest in the Hue Shale leases to the east and a 25.5% interest in other exploration areas. The deal value is $450 million.
It also plans to realign interests with partner Repsol.
After the transactions, Oil Search will hold 51% interests each in the Pikka Unit and Horseshoe area, a 38.76% interest in other exploration areas, and a 75% interest in the Hue shale area.
Armstrong/GMT Exploration will hold a 24% interest in other exploration areas and a 25% interest in the Hue shale.
And Repsol will hold 49% interests each in the Pikka Unit and Horseshoe area and a 37.24% interest in other exploration areas.
Oil Search plans to divest some of its Alaskan interests in the first half of 2020 before making a final investment decision It completed a two-rig, four-well drilling program in the Pikka Unit during 2018-19 and plans to drill two more wells in 2019-20. The new program will assess upside resource potential of Nanushuk field and of the Horseshoe area south of the Pikka Unit.
It envisions the use of facilities
