据钻机地带9月3日彭博社报道，据知情人士透露，伊拉克政府和法国能源巨头道达尔（TotalEnergies SE）即将敲定一项协议，该协议将促成数十亿美元的投资，旨在提高这个中东国家的石油和天然气产量，并减少电力中断。
因为信息还没有公开，据要求匿名知情人士称，根据最早可能于周日宣布的这份协议协议，这家法国能源公司将投资巴士拉省南部的Ratawi大型油田，并将在该地区的油井注入海水以维持其生产。
道达尔还将帮助伊拉克获取与该地区几个油田有关的天然气。这些知情人士称，这种目前在露天燃烧的燃料可能会被用来供应发电厂。他们说，该公司还将建造一个非常大的太阳能发电厂。
这些项目对伊拉克政府来说可能是一个福音，由于企业和家庭应对频繁的停电，伊拉克政府将在下个月举行大选。 这个石油资源丰富的国家的基础设施投资因多年的冲突、恐怖主义和不安全而受到阻碍。
希望减少天然气进口依赖的巴格达，7月份批准了与道达尔的初步协议，以提高该国的碳氢化合物产量，并建造一座1000兆瓦的太阳能发电厂。该国主要依靠天然气为发电厂提供燃料。
这些交易将提升这家法国公司在欧佩克第二大产油国的影响力，进一步扩大其在中东和北非的扩张，此前与卡塔尔和阿布扎比达成了交易。
道达尔寻求低成本资源并非没有风险。自2015年以来，其在饱受战争蹂躏的也门的液化天然气工厂一直处于闲置状态，而由于政府试图遏制该地区的恐怖袭击，莫桑比克液化天然气设施的建设至少被搁置了一年。
郝芬 译自 钻机地带
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Iraq, TotalEnergies Close to Signing Oil, Solar Deal
The government of Iraqi and TotalEnergies SE are close to finalizing an accord that will trigger billions of dollars of investments aimed at boosting oil and gas production and reducing electricity outages in the Middle-Eastern nation, people familiar with the matter said.
Under the agreement, which may be announced as soon as Sunday, the French energy company will invest in the large Ratawi oil field in the southern province of Basra, and bring expertise in seawater injection to the region’s oil wells to maintain their production, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public yet.
TotalEnergies will also help Iraq to capture natural gas associated with several oil fields in the region. That fuel, which is currently burnt in the open air, could be used to feed power plants, the people said. The company will also build a very large solar power plant, they said.
The projects may come as a boon for the Iraqi government, which faces elections next month as businesses and households cope with frequent electricity blackouts. Infrastructure investment in the oil-rich nation has been hobbled by years of conflict, terrorism, and insecurity.
Baghdad, which wants to reduce its reliance align="justify"> The deals would boost the French company’s modest presence in OPEC’s second-biggest producer, furthering its expansion across the Middle East and North Africa after earlier deals in Qatar, and Abu Dhabi.
TotalEnergies’s quest for low-cost resources isn’t without risks. Its liquefied natural gas plant in war-torn Yemen has been idled since 2015, and the construction of an LNG facility in Mozambique is on hold for at least a year as the government seeks to contain terrorist attacks in the area.
