据油价网1月11日消息称，埃及矿产资源部本周表示，埃及去年出口了约800万吨液化天然气，价值80亿至85亿美元，并指出液化天然气价格的上涨帮助推高了收入。

这个北非国家在天然气开发方面雄心勃勃，计划成为该地区最大的参与者之一。2015年，意大利埃尼集团发现了巨大的祖尔油田。该油田天然气储量估计为8500亿立方米。

为此，本周早些时候，埃及授予埃克森石油公司在尼罗河三角洲外海域两个海上区块的石油和天然气勘探权。

这两个区块的勘探计划于今年晚些时候开始，埃克森美孚将拥有这两个区块100%的股份，拥有完全的运营权。这些区块占地1.1万平方公里。

上个月，埃及宣布在其管辖的地中海区域发现了天然气，该区域由雪佛龙运营。这一发现可能含有约3.5万亿立方英尺的天然气。

截至2021年，埃及已探明天然气储量约为2.21万亿立方米，产量超过950亿立方米，当年出口120亿立方米，年增长率为58%。由于欧洲天然气短缺，埃及去年的出口进一步增加，大部分液化天然气出口到该大陆。

在截至2022年的8年里，埃及的天然气出口收入增长了13倍，出口本身也增长了4倍。在截至2022年的8年里，产量增长了66%以上。

曹海斌 摘译自 油价网

原文如下：

Egypt’s Natural Gas Exports Surge

Egypt exported some 8 million tons of liquefied natural gas last year, worth $8 to $8.5 billion, the country’s mineral resources ministry said this week, noting the price rally in liquefied natural gas that helped drive revenues higher.

The North African country has solid ambitions in natural gas development, planning to become one of the biggest players in the region. The ambition took shape after the 2015 discovery of the giant Zohr field by Italy’s Eni. Zohr has reserves estimated at 850 billion cubic meters of gas.

To that end, earlier this week, Egypt granted Exxon oil and gas exploration rights to two offshore blocks in the outer Nile Delta.

Exploration in the blocks is slated to begin later this year, with Exxon having full operatorship of both with a 100% stake. The blocks cover 11,000 square kilometers.

Last month, Egypt announced a gas discovery in its section of the Mediterranean, in a block operated by Chevron. The discovery could hold some 3.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

Egypt has some 2.21 trillion cubic meters of proven gas reserves and produced over 95 billion cubic meters as of 2021, with exports at 12 billion cubic meters in that year, which was an annual increase of 58 percent. Exports increased further last year, thanks especially to the gas shortage in Europe, with most of Egypt’s LNG exports going to that continent.

In the eight years to 2022, Egypt’s gas export revenues have increased 13 times, with exports themselves swelling four times in the period. Production in the eight years to 2022 increased by over 66 percent.