中国石化新闻网讯 据美国钻井网站2023年1月12日报道，非洲2023年将见证上游领域的复苏，非洲大陆南部和西部地区将启动数个多井钻井活动。
根据投资研究公司Hawilti公布的数据，今年非洲至少启动26个多井钻井活动和钻机。
Energy Capital & Power出版物编辑格蕾丝·古德里奇指出，有几个市场将比其他市场更活跃，并将引领非洲上游活动的上升。在格蕾丝看来，津巴布韦、南非、纳米比亚、乍得和尼日利亚是非洲油气行业的“理想之地”。
在津巴布韦，澳大利亚石油和天然气公司Invictus能源公司去年9月启动了勘探活动，钻探了位于Muzarabani勘探区的Mukuyu-1井。虽然这家初级勘探公司最近宣布将停止钻探该勘探区，但Invictus能源公司计划在今年晚些时候钻探第二口井，第一口井将证实存在多个含气层。
津巴布韦卡布拉巴萨盆地是一个正在运行的常规碳氢化合物系统的所在地，Invictus能源公司已经在该地区确定了5个储量可达12亿桶石油的远景构造。
去年10月，加拿大Eco Atlantic公司开始钻探位于南非近海2B区块的Gazania-1井，以期发现超过3亿桶轻质原油储量。Gazania-1井目前正在拥有5000万桶原油储量的AJ-1油田附近钻探，预计钻井作业将持续整个2023年。
南非的Orange盆地占地13万平方公里，该盆地还延伸到纳米比亚，具有很高的石油和天然气储量远景构造，仅Gazania地区估计就拥有约3.5亿桶的潜在资源量。
加拿大ReconAfrica公司自2022年6月以来一直在进行航空地球物理测量，并进行地震数据采集，预计将于1月晚些时候取得结果。
随后，ReconAfrica公司计划在2月底开始钻探Wisdom Farm 5-1，钻机已经到位。 ReconAfrica公司的初步工作计划已经证实了沉积盆地内存在一个活跃的石油系统，据估计该盆地拥有超过300亿桶原油储量。
在以6.26亿美元收购埃克森美孚公司和马来西亚国家石油公司在乍得的生产资产后，在伦敦上市公司萨凡纳能源公司今年将率先在乍得开展大规模多井钻井活动。这家英国独立能源公司今年一直专注于油井优化和修井活动，并计划从现在到2030年每年钻取大约12口井。
乍得目前的石油日产量约为9.3万桶，乍得拥有巨大的未开发碳氢化合物潜力，探明储量约为15亿桶，位于石油储量丰富的中非裂谷系统内。
作为非洲第二大石油生产国，尼日利亚主要通过浅水勘探保持其上游发展势头，包括General碳氢化合物公司在OML 120区块的钻井活动，以及雪佛龙公司从2023年中期开始的为期两年的海上埃斯克拉沃斯钻井活动。
法国能源巨头道达尔能源公司也将在尼日利亚OML 130区块进行深水钻井作业。尼日利亚正在寻求扩大其碳氢化合物储量基础，并在增加勘探和新发现石油和天然气的背景下扭转产量下降的趋势。
李峻 编译自 美国钻井网站
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African Upstream Revival And 26 Drilling Campaigns Set For 2023
It is expected that 2023 will see an upstream revival in Africa and the launch of several multi-well drilling campaigns across the southern and western parts of the continent.
According to investment research firm Hawilti, at least 26 drilling campaigns and rigs are scheduled to be active in Africa this year.
Grace Goodrich, a Publications Editor at Energy Capital & Power, noted several markets which will be more active than others and lead the uptick in African upstream activity. In her opinion, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia, Chad, and Nigeria are ‘the place to be’ if you are in the African oil and gas sector.
In Zimbabwe, Australian oil and gas company Invictus Energy launched exploration activities last September with the drilling of the Mukuyu-1 well located in the Muzarabani prospect. While the junior explorer recently announced that it will halt drilling of the prospect, Invictus plans to drill a second well later this year, with the first well confirming the presence of multiple gas zones.
Zimbabwe’s Cabora Bassa Basin is home to a working conventional hydrocarbon system and Invictus Energy has already identified five prospects in the area that could hold up to 1.2 billion barrels of oil.
Last October, Canada’s Eco Atlantic began drilling the Gazania-1 well located in Block 2B offshore South Africa, with a view to uncovering over 300 million barrels of light oil. The well is being drilled near the 50-million-barrel AJ-1 discovery, with activities expected to continue into 2023.
South Africa’s Orange Basin – which spans 130,000 square kilometers and also extends into Namibia – remains highly prospective for oil and gas reserves, with the Gazania prospect alone estimated to hold potential resources of approximately 350 million barrels.
Leading frontier exploration of the Kavango Basin in Namibia, Canada’s ReconAfrica has been conducting airborne geophysical surveys since June 2022, coupled with seismic data acquisition, with results expected later this month.
Subsequently, the company plans to start drilling of the Wisdom Farm 5-1 in late-February, with the drilling rig already>London-listed Savannah Energy is spearheading a large-scale, multi-well drilling campaign in Chad this year, following its $626-million acquisition of producing assets of ExxonMobil and Petronas in the country. The British independent energy firm has been concentrating>Currently producing around 93,000 barrels per day, Chad holds sizable untapped hydrocarbon potential, with approximately 1.5 billion barrels of proven reserves and vast areas located within the oil-rich Central Africa Rift System.
As Africa’s second-largest oil producer, Nigeria is maintaining its upstream momentum primarily through shallow-water exploration, including General Hydrocarbons’ drilling campaign>French major TotalEnergies will also be conducting deep-water drilling through its planned infill drilling campaign on OML 130. Nigeria is seeking to grow its hydrocarbon reserves base and reverse declining production on the back of heightened exploration and new oil and gas discoveries.
