埃及计划未来几周向国际油气公司提供28个区块

中国石化新闻网讯 据World Oil & Gas Bidding News网5月4日休斯敦报道，埃及石油和矿产资源部长特雷克莫拉3日在休斯敦举行的2016年海洋技术会议（OTC）上说，得益于位于Shorouk租借区的海上祖尔天然气项目的最近成功，埃及打算不久将举行向外国油气公司提供28个区块的国际招标。

莫拉在会上指出：“我们将在今后的几周内对28个区块进行新一轮招标”。莫拉在会议结束后对采访他的Rigzone记者说，这28个区块位于苏伊士湾、红海、西部沙漠、东部沙漠和地中海沙漠地区。

埃及在过去两年半时间里为新的上游油气区块签署了66项协议，获得了最低140亿美元投资的承诺。

作为本国天然气部门实质性改革的一部分，目前是世界上第15大天然气生产国以及第16大天然气储量拥有国的埃及也正在修改国内天然气法。这个拟议的天然气法要求建立一个独立的监管机构，这项立法时下正等待议会的批准。

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原文如下：

Egypt to Offer Blocks in the coming few weeks

World Oil & Gas Bidding News

Wednesday, May 04, 2016

Houston

Egypt, boosted by the recent success with the offshore Zohr gas project in Shorouk concession, intended to offer 28 blocks for bidding by foreign oil and gas companies soon, Tarek El Molla, the country's Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said Tuesday at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2016 in Houston.

"We are going to call a new bid round for 28 blocks ... in the coming few weeks," the Minister indicated. He told Rigzone after the session that the blocks are located in the Gulf of Suez,Red Sea, Desert Western, Desert Eastern and Desert Mediterranean.

Egypt has over the last two and a half years signed 66 agreements for new upstream oil and gas blocks, securing a minimum commitment of $14 billion..

Egypt, currently the world's 15th largest gas producer and with the 16th largest gas reserves, is also revamping the domestic gas law as part of a substantial reform in the country's gas sector. The proposed law mandates the creation of an independent regulator, with the legislation pending ratification by parliament.