据全球能源新闻网2019年7月5日伦敦报道，圭亚那能源部长Mark Bynoe日前表示，圭亚那正准备在未来发放的新石油开采许可证中提高政府从中获得的矿区使用费。
美国能源巨头埃克森美孚公司、法国能源巨头道达尔公司和英国著名独立石油公司图洛石油公司时下正在圭亚那海上进行油气钻井作业。
圭亚那能源部长Mark Bynoe是在出席在伦敦举行的一次石油工业会议期间对采访他的媒体记者发表上述讲话的。他表示：“矿区使用费都要审查。我们预计未来石油许可证的矿区使用费将高于目前水准。”
圭亚那正准备在2020年第三季度为位于本国浅水和深水地区的探区举办新一轮许可证出售招标。他说，这些新许可证将根据新制度发放。
Bynoe称：“目前我们的立场是新许可证不会影响现有的合同。”
上个月，圭亚那国有资产追回机构(SARA)的负责人克莱夫•托马斯表示，该机构正在对之前的许可证发放方式进行调查。他说：“我们正在进行调查，特别是凯伊特尔和坎耶区块的许可证，但是公平地说，所有有关各方都必须进行调查。”
当被问及SARA调查的范围和可能的影响时，Bynoe拒绝置评，并补充说SARA是一个独立机构。
李峻 编译自 首届能源新闻
原文如下：
Guyana Boosts Gov't Royalties for Future Oil Licenses
Guyana is preparing to raise the take of the government in future oil licences, the director of the South American country's Department of Energy said U.S. energy giant Exxon, French group Total and Britain's Tullow Oil are drilling wells offshore Guyana, where Exxon has discovered over 4 billion barrels of oil, a major global find.
"Royalties will all have to be examined. We expect them to be higher than they currently are," Mark Bynoe told Reuters Guyana is preparing a licensing round for acreage in both shallow and deep water for the third quarter of 2020. Those licenses would fall under the new regime, he said.
"Currently, our position is that it wouldn’t affect existing contracts," Bynoe said.
Last month, Clive Thomas, the director of Guyana’s State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA), which was set up in 2015 and has a mandate to pursue corruption, said a probe was "We are investigating, particularly the Kaieteur and the Canje (blocks), but in fairness to everybody - all the parties to the issue, we have to investigate all," Thomas said.
Bynoe declined to comment when asked about the scope and possible repercussions of the SARA probe, adding SARA was an independent body.
Eco has said they are not aware of any probe that could affect its work in Guyana, Tullow has said it was not concerned and Hess - partnering with Exxon in Guyana - has said authorities had assured it that contracts would be respected.
