據道瓊斯5月19日消息，馬來西亞國家石油公司Petronas將與埃克森美孚合作在蘇里南近海52號區塊勘探油氣。

馬國油通過其子公司馬國油蘇里南勘探和開采公司完成了將其在52號區塊的 50%的參與權轉讓給埃克森美孚勘探和開采蘇里南公司的事宜。52號區塊位于蘇里南的首都帕拉馬里博海岸以北。

馬國油周二在一份聲明中稱，52號區塊覆蓋4749平方公里的水域，水深在50米到1100米之間，位于頗有前景的蘇里南-圭亞那盆地，這里最近發現了幾個重大的油氣儲藏。

馬國油表示，52號區塊即將進行的勘探活動將包括在2020年第三季度鉆探一口油井，此外還將利用最新的技術獲得新的3D地震數據，這些數據將覆蓋整個區域，以進一步評估該區域的潛力。

張春曉 摘譯自 道瓊斯

原文如下：

Petronas Partners Exxon Mobil in Suriname Hydrocarbon Exploration

Petroliam Nasional Bhd will be partners with Exxon Mobil Corp in exploration for hydrocarbons at Block 52, offshore Suriname.

Petronas, through its subsidiary, PETRONAS Suriname Exploration & Production B.V., has completed the farm-down of its 50% participating interest to ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Suriname B.V. in Block 52, which located north of the coast of Paramaribo, Suriname's capital city.

Block 52, which covers an area of 4,749 square kilometers with water depths ranging from 50 to 1,100 meters, is situated in the prospective Suriname-Guyana basin where several major hydrocarbon discoveries were made recently, the Malaysian state-owned oil company said in a statement Tuesday.

Petronas said upcoming exploration activities for Block 52 will involve the drilling of a well in third quarter of 2020, in addition to acquiring new 3D seismic data utilizing the latest technology, covering the whole block to further evaluate the block's potential.