石油设备网讯 据AllAfrica网站5月30日报道，为了对冲油价不稳定和炼油利润率下降带来的挑战，许多石油巨头不得不增加对尼日利亚以及其它发达国家的天然气投资组合。
对尼日利亚来说，需要为国内消费，特别是在发电领域投入更多的天然气，这促使各大石油巨头增持其在液化天然气（LNG）项目中的股份。
天然气行业的利益相关者指出，考虑到尼日利亚国内可消费天然气储量，燃气发电是最经济可行的，也是解决尼日利亚能源需求的直接手段。
石油资源部（DPR）部长称，尼日利亚的天然气储量已从187万亿立方英尺增加到200.79 万亿立方英尺，增长了7.3%。
4月，壳牌石油公司表示，未来五年内，将在尼日利亚的24个石油和天然气项目上投资大约150亿美元。
并表示，其在伊莫州（IMO）的阿萨北/奥哈吉南天然气开发项目将每天产生6亿标准立方英尺的天然气，相当于约2400兆瓦的电力，这个数量足以向240万户家庭提供源源不断的电力。
王佳晶 摘译自 AllAfrica
原文如下：
Nigeria: Oil Majors Raise Stake in Gas to Hedge Unstable Oil Prices
The need to hedge their earnings against the challenges of unstable oil prices and weaker refining margins is pushing many oil majors to increase their portfolio investments in Nigeria's gas and many other developed climes.
For Nigeria, the need to plough more gas for domestic consumption, especially in power generation, is pushing majors to increase their stake in gas-linked liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects.
Stakeholders in the gas sector noted that gas-fired power generation represents the most economically viable, and immediate means to fuel Nigeria's energy need, considering the amount of stranded gas that can be utilised for domestic consumption.
Nigeria's gas reserves have increased by 7.3 per cent from 187 trillion cubic feet to 200.79 tcf, according to the Director of Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR).
For instance, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) last month said that it would be expending about $15 billion across 24 oil and gas projects in Nigeria, in the next five years.
Already, the oil major said its ongoing Assa North/Ohaji South gas development in Imo state will produce 600 million standard cubic feet of gas per day, energy equivalent of about 2400 Mega Watts of electricity enough to provide uninterrupted power to 2.4 million homes.
