據今日油價4月9日報道，總部位于英國的石油勘探公司Pantheon資源公司的高管告訴《阿拉斯加商業期刊》稱，在用現代技術評估了一口老勘探井之后，其在阿拉斯加擁有18億桶的巨大石油發現。

Pantheon資源公司首席執行官Jay Cheatham在接受《阿拉斯加商業雜志》采訪時表示，盡管油價低廉，但Pantheon資源公司認為，如果油價在每桶30美元左右，這一發現可能會變成商業化和可行性的發現。

該發現位于普拉德霍灣以南，沿著道爾頓高速公路和跨阿拉斯加管道系統走廊。根據Cheatham的說法，靠近道爾頓高速公路對于該公司開發資源非常有利。

Cheatham表示，名為塔利薩的這項發現或許能夠生產多達5億桶石油，而峰值石油日產量則可能接近9萬桶。

該公司還有另一個勘探區，Greater Alkaid，其認為最高日產量可能高達3萬桶，可采石油資源為7600萬桶。

該公司經理稱，地理位置和與高速公路的鄰近性可以使Pantheon資源公司全年工作，并節省基礎設施的費用，例如通往石油勘探的道路。

Pantheon資源公司在其網站上稱，該公司持有東德克薩斯州和阿拉斯加北坡（ANS）前景區的大部分股份，P50技術可采資源量總計超過12億桶油當量。

根據一份2020年1月發布的獨立專家報告顯示，Pantheon資源公司擁有Greater Alkaid 100%的股權，該地區發現了或有可采資源量7650萬桶石油。

Pantheon資源認為，其可以使阿拉斯加的資源在油價30美元可行，但美國阿拉斯加最依賴稅收和石油和天然氣工業的其他收入，可能會在油價崩盤后引起嚴重的預算頭痛。

郝芬 譯自 今日油價

原文如下：

Small Oil Firm Reports Huge Alaska Oil Discovery

UK-based oil exploration firm Pantheon Resources believes it has a huge 1.8-billion-barrel oil discovery in Alaska after evaluating an old exploration well with modern technology, the company’s top executives told the Alaska Journal of Commerce.

Despite the low oil prices, Pantheon Resources believes that the discovery could become commercial and viable at oil prices around $30 per barrel, Jay Cheatham, chief executive at Pantheon Resources, told the Alaska Journal of Commerce in an interview.

The discovery is south of Prudhoe Bay and along the Dalton Highway and Trans-Alaska Pipeline System corridor. The proximity to Dalton Highway is very advantageous for the company to develop the resource, according to Cheatham.

The discovery, named Talitha, could be able to produce as much as 500 million barrels of oil, while peak oil production could be almost 90,000 barrels per day (bpd), Cheatham said.

The company has another prospect, Greater Alkaid, for which it believes peak production could be as high as 30,000 bpd, with recoverable oil resources at 76 million barrels.

The location and the proximity to the highway could allow Pantheon Resources to work all year round and save money for infrastructure such as roads to the oil discovery, the manager said

Pantheon Resources holds majority stakes in prospects in East Texas and the Alaskan North Slope (ANS) with a combined P50 Technically Recoverable Resource estimated to exceed 1.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent, the company says on its website.

An Independent Experts Report from January 2020 on Pantheon Resources’ 100-percent owned Greater Alkaid found a Contingent Recoverable Resource of 76.5 million barrels of oil.

While Pantheon Resources believes it can make its Alaska resources viable at $30 oil, Alaska, the U.S. state most dependent on taxes and other income from the oil and gas industry, could be in for a severe budgetary headache after the oil price crash.