石油设备网讯 据道琼斯4月5日消息，加蓬油气部长Pascal Houangni Ambouroue周四表示，24家公司表示有兴趣在加蓬最新的油气盆地签署合同
这位部长在介绍加蓬油气行业资产负债表时表示，加蓬第12轮油气区块许可证招标活动包括35个海上石油区块、其中23个是深水区块，12个是浅水区块，已有24家公司表示有兴趣参与。
去年10月加蓬在南非开普敦举行的非洲石油周会议上向潜在竞标者展示了35个新的油气区块。
加蓬正在修改其油气法规，以吸引更多的投资者。新法规原定于去年12月发布，但该国总统Ali Bongo Ondimba的缺席推迟了该项目的实施。自去年10月以来，Ondimba的健康状况一直不佳。
Ambouroue表示：“修改后的油气法规中，加蓬计划废除对公司征收的税收，还将结束对石油和天然气公司征收的35%的税收。”
新的法案将把石油税从13%削减到7%，而天然气税将从5%下降到2%。
潜在运营商必须在4月22日前提交投标书。
庞晓华 摘译自道琼斯
原文如下：
Potential operators have until April 22 to submit bids.
Twenty-four companies have expressed interest in signing contracts at Gabon's newest oil-and-gas basins, the African nation's minister of hydrocarbons, Pascal Houangni Ambouroue, said Thursday.
Concerning the 12th tender for licensing on the 35 maritime petroleum blocks, 23 in deep water and 12 in shallow water, 24 companies have shown an interest, the minister said during a presentation of the balance sheet of the oil-and-gas industry in the country.
Gabon in October presented 35 new oil-and-gas blocks to potential bidders at the Africa Oil Week conference in Cape Town, South Africa.
Gabon is revising its oil-and-gas codes to attract more investors. The renewed code was set to be published in December, but the absence of the country's President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who has been in ill health since October, has delayed the project.
"Gabon plans to abolish taxes imposed on companies in the revised hydrocarbons law and will also end the 35% levy imposed on oil-and-gas companies," Mr. Ambouroue said, referring to the revised code.
The code will see oil taxes slashed from 13% to 7%, while gas taxes will drop from 5% to 2%.
Potential operators have until April 22 to submit bids.
