据美国彭博新闻社2019年7月1日休斯顿报道，美国著名油田服务公司哈里伯顿公司(Halliburton Co.)日前与国有科威特石油公司(Kuwait Oil Co.)签署了一份价值1.814亿第纳尔(5.97亿美元)的合同，将在科威特近海勘探石油，这标志着这个海湾国家首次涉足海上服务。
科威特石油公司首席执行官伊马德·苏丹在签署这份为期三年的合同后表示，科威特近海地区的开发估计将使科威特的原油日产量增加大约10万桶。他说，科威特石油公司在这个项目的第一阶段将使用两部钻机来钻取6口探井。
科威特目前是欧佩克第四大产油国，每天可从其全资拥有的油田开采多达300万桶原油。科威特的目标是到2020年前将原油日产量提高到400万桶。
李峻 编译自 彭博社
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Halliburton in $597MM Deal with Kuwait Oil
Halliburton Co. and state-owned Kuwait Oil Co. signed a 181.4 million-dinar ($597 million) contract to explore for oil off the coast of Kuwait, marking the Gulf state’s first foray into offshore services.
Development of the country’s offshore area will add an estimated 100,000 barrels to Kuwait’s daily production capacity, KOC Chief Executive Officer Emad Sultan said after signing the three-year agreement. Kuwait Oil will use two rigs in the first stage of the project to drill six exploratory wells, he said.
Kuwait is currently OPEC’s fourth-biggest producer, and can pump as much as 3 million barrels of oil a day from its wholly owned fields. The country is targeting a daily capacity of 4 million barrels by 2020.
