據海上工程師網10月11日多哈報道，卡塔爾能源部長兼卡塔爾能源公司負責人薩阿德·卡阿比周一表示，卡塔爾能源公司希望加快開發今年早些時候與合作伙伴在納米比亞海上獲得的兩個石油發現。  

卡阿比表示，鉆井作業預計將在2023年進行，以期更好地了解產量和產能，但沒有說明這兩個石油發現將在何時投產。

卡塔爾能源公司擁有Venus X1油田30%的股份，而該石油發現的運營商法國道達爾能源公司則持有40%的股份。Impact石油和天然氣公司擁有20%的股份，納米比亞國家石油公司NAMCOR擁有10%的股份。  

在Graff1油田中，殼牌公司和卡塔爾能源公司各持有45%的股份，而NAMCOR擁有剩余10%的股份。 

這兩個石油發現可能使歐佩克成員國安哥拉的南部鄰國納米比亞成為非洲大西洋沿岸的另一個產油國。

納米比亞礦業和能源部長今年9月表示，兩家公司尚未詳細說明發現的儲量，但可能有數十億桶。  

卡阿比在訪問南非時在溫得和克對記者說：“我們正努力盡快加快這一進程，以確保我們能最終完成開發。”

“開發這些石油發現通常需要數年的時間，這不是一件可以很快完成的事情，而且這是深海開發，所以它有其復雜性。”卡阿比如是說。

納米比亞能源部長Tom Alweendo上個月在達喀爾舉行的一次石油會議上說，合作伙伴可以在4年內開始這兩個油田的石油生產。 

李峻 編譯自 海上工程師網

原文如下：

Qatar Wants to Speed Up Development of Namibia Offshore Oil Discoveries

The head of QatarEnergy, who is also Qatar's energy minister, said on Monday the company wants to speed up the development of two oil wells it discovered off the Namibian coast with joint venture partners earlier this year.

Saad al-Kaabi said drilling work is expected for 2023 to get a better understanding of deliverability and capacity but did not indicate when the two oil finds will be brought into production.

QatarEnergy has a 30% interest in the Venus X1 while the field's operator TotalEnergies TTEF.PA has 40%, Impact Oil and Gas owns 20% and Namibia's state-owned NAMCOR has 10%.

In the Graff-1 well, Shell Plc and QatarEnergy each hold a 45% stake, while NAMCOR owns the remaining 10%.

The discoveries could make Namibia, the southern neighbor of OPEC member Angola, another oil producer along the African Atlantic coast.

The companies have not yet detailed the quantities found, but the discoveries are likely in billions of barrels, Namibia's mines and energy minister said in September. 

"We are trying to expedite that as fast as possible to ensure we can get the development finalized," Al-Kaabi told reporters in Windhoek during a visit to the southern African nation.

"These developments always take years to develop, it's not something that can be done very fast and this is deep offshore development, so it has its complications."

Namibia's energy minister Tom Alweendo told an oil conference in Dakar last month that the joint venture partners could start production in four years.