據離岸能源3月24日消息，由于當前疫情流行和油價突然下跌，澳大利亞能源巨頭伍德賽德正在探索如何降低其位于塞內加爾近海的桑戈瑪(Sangomar)項目的成本并延遲支出。

伍德賽德在該項目的合作伙伴之一FAR（獨立油氣勘探開發公司）在周三的一次更新中表示，合資伙伴正在努力探索和評估所有選項，以在當前的油價和經濟環境下，保護和提升這一世界級開發項目的價值。

FAR在聲明中稱，"進一步的細節將在評估完成后公布，將包括如何削減成本、延遲支出或兩者同時進行，以及對首次采油的時間表有何影響。"

FAR還表示，在目前的市場條件下，與金融機構的談判受到了重大影響。病毒疫情造成的混亂和油價暴跌對其債務進程構成了挑戰。

FAR常務董事Cath Norman稱:“塞內加爾合資企業正在努力更好地了解病毒疫情對桑戈瑪發展的影響，我們預計在不久的將來會發布更新。”

在2020年1月，伍德賽德公司簽署了浮式生產儲卸油(FPSO)設施的采購合同，并發布了桑戈瑪油田開發第一階段鉆探和水下施工安裝合同的完整通知。

裘寅 編譯自 離岸能源

原文如下:

Woodside mulls cost cuts for Sangomar offshore development

Australian energy giant Woodside is exploring how the costs for its Sangomar project, located offshore Senegal, can be reduced and expenditure delayed due to the current coronavirus pandemic and the sudden fall of the oil price.

FAR, one of Woodside’s partners in the project, said in an update on Wednesday that the joint venture partners are working to explore and evaluate all options to preserve and enhance the value of this world-class development in the current oil price and economic environment.

“Further details will be announced upon completion of the review, however, it will include how the costs can be reduced, expenditure delayed or both and any impact on the timeline to first oil,” FAR said in the statement.

FAR also said that its discussions with financiers are materially compromised in the present market conditions. Disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the crash in the oil price are presenting challenges to its debt process.

FAR Managing Director, Cath Norman, said, “The Senegal JV is working to better understand the impact on the Sangomar development of the COVID-19 virus and we anticipate releasing an update in the near future.”

In January 2020, Woodside executed the purchase contract for the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) facility and issued full notices to proceed for the drilling and subsea construction and installation contracts for the Sangomar Field Development Phase 1.