中国石化新闻网讯 据Barents Observer网站8月11日莫斯科报道，在埃克森美孚公司和挪威北大西洋钻井公司领导人的面前，俄罗斯国有石油巨头俄罗斯石油公司（俄油）总裁伊戈尔?谢钦在电视电话会议上向俄罗斯总统普京汇报了喀拉海University-1井钻井作业的启动情况。University-1井是俄油在喀拉海的一口具有历史意义的勘探井。

 

 

　　根据谢钦所说，喀拉海的石油资源超过了墨西哥湾、巴西大陆架、阿拉斯加和加拿大北部拥有的石油资源总量并能与沙特阿拉伯拥有的石油资源量比肩。

 

 

　　谢钦对普京总统说：“我们准备探究西西伯利亚石油资源的海上延伸部分，我们打算在喀拉海开辟一个新的石油生产区。”

 

 

　　谢钦强调说：“University-1井位于74度以北，距离俄罗斯大陆大约250公里。迄今没有其他人在这个高纬度上进行油气作业。一年前，没有人认为这个钻井作业是可行的。但是，今天我们开始在那里钻井。”

 

 

　　据此前报道，钻井作业的钻机由挪威Seadrill公司控制的在挪威上市的北大西洋钻井公司提供。这部此前从未在北极海域作业过的West Alpha号钻机由俄油租借两年。

 

 

　　Nuiversity-1井钻井作业是俄油和埃克森美孚公司之间全面北极合作的一部分。

 

 

　　李峻 编译

 

 

　　原文如下：

 

 

　　Kara Sea oil resources comparable to Saudi Arabia

 

 

　　Barents Observer

 

 

　　August 11, 2014

 

 

　　In the presence of leaders of ExxonMobil and the Norwegian North-Atlantic Drilling, Sechin reported to the president about the launch of the drilling operation at the University-1, the company’s historical well in the Kara Sea.

 

 

　　According to Sechin, the oil resources of the Kara Sea exceed the ones of the Bay of Mexico, Brasilian shelf,Alaska and northern Canada and can be compared with the resources of Saudi Arabia.

 

 

　　We are ready to explore the offshore extension of the western Siberian oil resources and intend to open a new Kara oil province, Sechin told the president in a televised call.

 

 

　　The University-1 well is located 74 degrees north, about 250 km north of the Russian mainland. ”Nobody else are working at these altitudes”, Sechin said. ”One year ago, nobody though this operation would be possible. But today we are starting drilling”, he underlined.

 

 

　　As previously reported, the operation is conducted with the West Alpha, a rig owned by North-Atlantic Drilling, the Norway-listed company controlled by Seadrill. The rig, which never before has operated in Arctic waters, has been hired by Rosneft for a two-year period.

 

 

　　The University-1 operation is part of the comprehensive Arctic cooperation between Rosneft and ExxonMobil.