據油價網7月4日報道，挪威石油和能源部周一表示，挪威當局已批準運營商提出的提高多個氣田產量的申請，預計今年通過管道向歐洲銷售的天然氣將創紀錄。

該部聽取了現有運營商的申請，并允許Troll、Gina Krog、Duva、Oseberg、?sgard和Mikkel油田提高天然氣產量。能源部還授予了Nova氣田的生產許可證，預計將在不久的將來啟動。

該部表示，獲得更高天然氣產量的許可意味著挪威今年有望通過其管道系統出口創紀錄的天然氣量。

挪威決定允許更高的天然氣產量和創紀錄的天然氣出口之際，其合作伙伴歐盟和英國正趕在冬季到來之前爭奪天然氣供應。如果大國停止向歐洲輸送管道天然氣，一些行業甚至家庭可能面臨配給。

據挪威能源部稱，挪威的氣田供應了歐盟和英國20%-25%的天然氣需求。

挪威石油和能源部長Terje Aasland在今天的一份聲明中表示，在當前歐洲和世界面臨的嚴峻能源形勢下，挪威能做的最重要的事情就是幫助挪威大陸架上的公司保持目前的高產量。

公司不斷評估從挪威油田輸送更多天然氣和石油的機會。“更高的生產許可將有助于我們預計今年通過天然氣管道系統實現創紀錄的天然氣銷售。”Aasland補充說。

在大國于6月中旬削減向包括德國和意大利在內的歐洲主要客戶的天然氣供應之后，歐洲的天然氣價格在最近幾周恢復了上漲。德國已經啟動了關于天然氣供應的三階段緊急協議的第二階段，因為歐洲最大的經濟體和整個歐洲都在競相在冬季之前填補天然氣儲存容量。

黎泱 編譯自 油價網

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Norway Ramps Up Natural Gas Production To Combat Energy Crisis

Norway’s authorities have approved applications from operators to boost production from several gas fields, the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy said on Monday, expecting record gas sales via pipelines to Europe this year.

The ministry heeded applications from operators on the shelf and allowed higher gas production from the Troll, Gina Krog, Duva, Oseberg, ?sgard, and Mikkel fields. The Energy Ministry has also granted a production permit for the Nova gas field, which is expected to start up in the near future.

The permits for higher gas production mean that Norway is on track to export record volumes of gas through its pipeline system this year, the ministry said.

Norway’s decision to allow higher gas production and record gas exports comes as its partners, the EU and the UK, scramble for gas supply ahead of the winter, which could be one of rationing for some industries and even households if the big country pipeline gas supply to Europe stops.

Norway’s gas fields supply 20-25 percent of the gas demand in the EU and the UK, according to the Norwegian ministry.

The most important thing Norway can do in today’s challenging energy situation for Europe and the world is to facilitate companies operating on the Norwegian Continental Shelf to keep the current high production, Petroleum and Energy Minister Terje Aasland said in a statement today.

Companies are constantly assessing opportunities for delivering more gas and oil from their Norwegian fields. “The higher production permits will contribute to the record-high gas sales we expect through our gas pipeline system this year,” Aasland added.

Gas prices in Europe have returned to rally in recent weeks after the big country slashed gas deliveries in the middle of June to major customers in Europe, including Germany and Italy. Germany has already activated stage two of a three-phase emergency protocol concerning gas supply, as Europe’s biggest economy and the whole of Europe are racing to fill gas storage capacities ahead of the winter.