埃克森美孚计划在尼日利亚天然气领域投资30亿美元铜盆

据NaturalGasAsia网站8月4日消息，埃克森美孚计划在尼日利亚天然气领域投资近30亿美元。

《商业日报》周一报道，埃克森美孚尼日利亚上游子公司董事长兼总经理诺兰·奥尼尔向尼日利亚总统穆罕默杜·布哈里表示，尽管公司的投资行为值得赞赏，但政府依然面临创造一个良好的商业环境以鼓励天然气利用项目开发的挑战。

他还进一步指出，在世界银行“减少全球天然气放空燃烧合作伙伴”计划（GGFR）的倡议下，公司正致力于发现并实施经济可行的可替代方案，减少天然气排放与燃烧。

《商业日报》援引奥尼尔的话称：“埃克森美孚也是参与GGFR的一员，积极投身于合作伙伴工作。”

埃克森美孚公司是尼日利亚埃尔哈气田的作印刷刀片业者，该气田储量预计超过2000亿标准立方英尺。

詹乐乾 摘译自NaturalGasAsia，2015-8-6

原文如下：

Exxon Plans $3 bn Investment in Nigerian Gas Sector

ExxonMobil plans to invest close to $3 billion in Nigerian natural gas sector.

The message was conveyed by Nolan 0' Neal chairman & managing director, ExxonMobil upstream and affiliates in Nigeria to President Muhammadu Buhari, BusinessDay reported Monday. O' Neal informed the President that even though the company's investment drive is laudable, the challenge for the government is to create a c分体马桶ommercial environment that encourages the development of gas utilisation projects to benefit all stakeholders.

He further noted that under the aegis of World Bank Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership (GGFR) Exxon is working on efforts to identify and impleme旺铺租赁nt economically feasible alternatives to gas venting and flaring.

“ExxonMobil is also a member of the GGFR and is actively engaged in this partnership's efforts,” BusinessDay quoted O'Neal as saying.

In Nigeria, Exxon is the operator of Erha field which is estimated to have gas reserves in the region of over 200 billion standard cubic feet.