中国石化新闻网讯 据道琼斯奥斯陆2月27日消息，挪威石油官员周三将该国未开采油气储量估计值上调约25亿桶石油当量，上调幅度达到15%，其中多数天然气新增储量位于先前与俄罗斯有争执的地区。
该估计是基于巴伦支海东南部和Jan Mayen附近采集到的数据，这些区域此前俄罗斯和冰岛已经授出了一些许可证。
挪威预计今年夏季前将决定开放巴伦支海东南部和Jan Mayen进行石油钻井，自1994年以来挪威还没有开放任何新的区域。
挪威石油理事会表示，先前争执的巴伦支海东南部挪威部分或拥有19亿桶石油当量的油气储量，其中多数是天然气资源，原油资源占15%，相当于挪威逾一年的油气产量。Jan Mayen地区估计拥有5.66亿桶石油当量的油气储量，但是存在很大的不确定性。
庞晓华摘译自道琼斯
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DJ Norway Ups Oil, Gas Estimates in Artic Areas by 2.5 Billion Barrels
Kjetil Malkenes Hovland
OSLO--Norwegian oil officials Wednesday boosted the nation's estimate of undiscovered oil and gas by about 2.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent, or 15%, most of it gas in an area formerly disputed with Russia.
The estimates were based on data gathered in the southeastern Barents Sea and around Jan Mayen, where Russia and Iceland have already awarded several licenses.
Norway expects to decide on the opening of the southeastern Barents Sea, as well as Jan Mayen for oil drilling by this summer. Norway hasn't opened any new acreage since 1994.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said the Norwegian part of the formerly disputed southeastern Barents Sea likely held 1.9 billion barrels of oil equivalent, most of it gas and about 15% crude oil. This equals slightly more than a year of Norway's total oil and gas output.
The Jan Mayen area was estimated to hold 566 million barrels of oil equivalent, but with higher uncertainty, the directorate said.
