據路透社7月28日沙迦報道，達納天然氣，一家區域性私營天然氣公司，在Gaffney Cline Associates，GCA最近對儲量進行認證之后，其在伊利諾伊州庫爾德地區的Pearl Petroleum Company的Khor Mor和Chemchemal油田的已證明的可能（2P）碳氫化合物儲量的份額增加了10％。

由加夫尼克萊恩代表珍珠石油公司編制的獨立審計報告顯示，達納天然氣（珍珠石油公司35％股東）的總份額相當于10.87億桶石油當量MMboe，高于GCA時的990 MMboe ，達納天然氣周日發布的新聞稿稱，2016年4月首次對這些油田進行了認證。

這證實了位于庫爾德的油田可能是整個伊拉克最大的天然氣田。儲備的增加部分是由于首次在Khor Mor油田預訂石油儲備。

GCA最近的報告證實，達納天然氣在Khor Mor和Chemchemal 2P儲量中的份額為4.4萬億立方英尺天然氣（2016年：5.3萬億立方英尺），1.36億桶凝析油（2016年：109百萬桶），1330萬公噸液化石油氣和18百萬桶油，相當于1,087 MMboe，而2016年4月為990 MMboe。

首席執行官帕特里克博士Allman-Ward 說:“Cline報告獨立消息來源證實達納天然氣的2p儲量在伊拉克庫爾德地區的資產超過10億桶石油當量,我們相信豪爾鐵道部和Chemchemal領域最有可能最大的天然氣田,不僅在伊拉克庫爾德地區,但整個伊拉克,使其世界級的資產。”他補充說:“我們的審計人員第一次在霍爾莫爾正式登記石油儲量，這也是令人滿意的。我們認為，這只是冰山一角，證實了我們對70多億桶石油資源潛力的估計。這些額外的資源聲明將作為我們未來發展計劃的基礎，為滿足該地區發電和工業發展的需要提供可靠的能源來源。”今年早些時候，明珠石油公司與庫爾德地區政府簽署了一項為期20年的天然氣銷售協議，該協議將促進另外250萬立方米/天天然氣的生產和銷售。珍珠石油公司的擴張計劃將使產量在2022年增加到650百萬立方英尺/天，到2023年從目前的400百萬立方英尺/天增加到900百萬立方英尺/天。

該新聞稿稱，由于石油價格在每桶60美元至70美元之間，這兩條新的天然氣生產線將分別為該公司每年的收入和項目現金流量產生1.75億至2億美元。

薛珂 編譯自 路透社

原文如下：

Dana Gas announces new oil discovery in Kurdistan, Iraq

Dana Gas, a regional private sector natural gas company, has announced that its share of the proved plus probable (2P) hydrocarbon reserves at Pearl Petroleum Company’s Khor Mor and Chemchemal Fields in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq have increased by 10 percent, following the recent certification of reserves by Gaffney Cline Associates, GCA.

The independently audited report, prepared by Gaffney Cline on behalf of Pearl Petroleum, showed that the total share for Dana Gas (35 percent shareholder in Pearl Petroleum), is equivalent to 1,087 million barrels of oil equivalent, MMboe, up from 990 MMboe when GCA first certified the fields in April 2016, said a press release issued by Dana Gas on Sunday.

This confirms that the fields located in Kurdistan could be the biggest gas fields in the whole of Iraq. The reserves were boosted in part by the booking of oil reserves in the Khor Mor Field for the first time.

GCA’s most recent report confirmed that Dana Gas’s share of the Khor Mor and Chemchemal 2P reserves was 4.4 trillion cubic feet gas (2016: 5.3 Tcf), 136 million barrels of condensate (2016: 109 MMbbls), 13.3 million metric tonnes liquefied petroleum gas, and 18 MMbls of oil, the equivalent of 1,087 MMboe, as compared to 990 MMboe in April 2016.

Commenting on the announcement, Dr. Patrick Allman-Ward, CEO of Dana Gas, said, "The Gaffney Cline report has independently confirmed Dana Gas’ 2P reserves in our Kurdistan Region of Iraq assets at over 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent and our belief that the Khor Mor and Chemchemal Fields will most likely be the biggest gas fields, not just in the Kurdistan Region Iraq, but the whole of Iraq, making them world-class assets." He added, "It is also satisfying to see that our auditors have formally booked oil reserves for the first time in Khor Mor. We believe that this is just the tip of the iceberg confirming our estimate of oil resource potential of over 7 billion barrels. These additional resource declarations will underpin our future development plans, which will provide a reliable source of energy to meet the needs of electricity generation as well as industrial development in the region." Earlier in the year, Pearl Petroleum signed a 20-year gas sale agreement with the Kurdistan Regional Government that will facilitate the production and sale of an additional 250 MMscf/d of gas. Pearl Petroleum’s expansion plan will see output increase to 650 MMscf/day in 2022, and then to 900 MMscf/day by 2023 from the current 400 MMscf/day.

With the price of oil ranging between US$60 and US$70 per barrel, each of these two new gas production trains will generate between $175 to $200 million to the company’s share of revenue and project’s cash flows per annum, said the press release.