據美國鉆井網站2021年7月12日報道，蘇里南具有在近期至中期成為全球一個石油生產熱點的潛力。

　　這個說法是依據全球著名數據分析公司GlobalData日前公布的統計數據，GlobalData強調，去年在蘇里南的第28號區塊有4個新的石油發現。

　　GlobalData上游油氣分析師Svetlana Doh在一份公司聲明中表示：“到目前為止，來自在蘇里南所鉆的四口發現井的結果顯示出極好的石油性能，API度為27°至37°。

　　Doh補充說：“原油品種和流體質量接近鄰國圭亞那斯塔布魯克區塊生產的更輕質原油，該區塊的油井原油日產量可達到1.1萬桶。 由于兩國在圭亞那-蘇里南盆地的地質走向相同，蘇里南有巨大的潛力來重復圭亞那的石油勘探成功。

　　以圭亞那項目為例，GlobalData預計蘇里南將達到每桶40美元左右的盈虧平衡價格。GlobalData還預計，蘇里南一個普通項目的初始資本投資可能在60億至80億美元之間，可采儲量約為6億桶。

　　蘇里南預計的低盈虧平衡價格仍略高于圭亞那，圭亞那的一些項目的盈虧平衡價格低至25美元/桶，然而，如果蘇里南的開發井證實高產(至少6000桶/天)和所需的基礎設施建設完整， 預計盈虧平衡價格將遠遠低于每桶40美元。

　　GlobalData的代表繼續說道：“為了使平均盈虧平衡價格每桶下降5美元，要么初始資本支出至少減少20%，要么油井產能提高17%。”

　　GlobalData強調，今年6月，蘇里南第28號區塊運營商法國道達爾能源公司和美國阿帕奇公司獲得了一份初步前端工程設計合同，用于浮式生產和儲存設施的制造。 這個項目的首次生產預定在2025年開始。

　　李峻 編譯自 美國鉆井網站

　　原文如下：

　　Suriname Has Potential to be Oil Hot Spot

　　Suriname has the potential to become an oil production hot spot in the near to mid-term.

　　That’s according to GlobalData, which highlighted that four discoveries were made in the country’s Block 28 last year.

　　“Results from the four discovery wells drilled in Suriname so far have showed excellent oil properties, with API ranging from 27° to 37°,” Svetlana Doh, an upstream oil and gas analyst at GlobalData, said in a company statement.

　　“Type and fluid quality is close to the lighter oil produced in the Stabroek block of neighbouring Guyana, where wells could reach high productivities of 11,000 barrels of crude oil per day. Since both countries share the same geological trend of Guyana-Suriname basin, Suriname has huge potential for repeating Guyana’s oil exploration success,” Doh added in the statement.

　　Taking Guyana projects as a reference, GlobalData expects that Suriname will reach a break-even price of around $40 per barrel. The company also expects that the initial capital investment for an average project in Suriname could be between $6 billion and $8 billion, with recoverable reserves reaching around 600 million barrels of oil.

　　“The anticipated low break-even price is still slightly higher than in Guyana, where some projects go as low as $25 per barrel, however, if the development wells in Suriname confirm high productivities (at least 6,000 barrels per day) and the required infrastructure is built, break-even price is expected to be considerably lower than $40 per barrel,” Doh said.

　　“For an average break-even price to go down by just $5 per barrel, either initial capital expenditure needs to be reduced by at least 20 percent, or well productivity need to 17 percent higher,” the GlobalData representative continued.

　　Block 28 operators TotalEnergies and Apache Corp were awarded a contract for preliminary front-end engineering design in June for the manufacture of floating production and storage, GlobalData highlighted. First production at the project is scheduled to start in 2025.