据3月3日Oil Now报道，埃克森美孚圭亚那公司正计划就项目岸基设施、设备和服务达成一项授权协议。从2023年开始，这家能源公司正在寻找能够在圭亚那提供功能齐全、适合用途的海岸基地的承包商，以支持未来项目的需要。
Liza开发的第二阶段将于明年启动，而Payara项目的目标是在2024年首次开采石油。在多产的Stabroek区块，目前已获得18个新发现，预计未来几年还将开展许多其他项目。
在一份信息请求(RFI)问卷中，承包商被要求提供其公司所拥有或控制的拟使用土地的详细信息，以及可用的配套基础设施、公用设施的说明。承包商还必须说明其拟定地点的开发计划，包括开发阶段、相关时间表、参与开发的公司及其角色，以及场地扩展的潜力。其他需要的信息包括完整的操作计划和执行工程、建设、项目监督、整体岸基开发和岸基设施管理/运营能力的证明。
埃克森美孚圭亚那公司表示：“埃克森美孚的本地战略是我们业务的核心，地区因素正集成到日常流程和程序中，并指导我们今天的工作方式和明天的计划。通过多层次的方式，我们专注于搭建劳动力和供应商能力，并结合当地社区的战略投资。”
分析人士表示，圭亚那海上日益增长的活动可能会在十年期的后半程达到顶峰，并将需要大规模的海岸基地支持服务，这是该国将开始考虑的事情。
特立尼达和多巴哥前能源和能源事务部长Kevin Ramnarine指出，圭亚那近海将从目前的一艘FPSO增加到至少5艘，此外还将增加多艘钻井船和支援船。到2030年，正在运营和订购的FPSO数量将达到10个。
海上作业目前由圭亚那拥有的主要港口公司圭亚那海岸基地公司(GYSBI)支持，该公司已经从雇佣少数圭亚那人的12小时运营模式转变为现在的24小时运营模式，接近100%的当地员工。Ramnarine表示，随着海上作业的增加，对这类服务的需求将会增加。
到2025年，这一数字将大幅增加，因此圭亚那现在必须考虑支持这一不断扩大行业的海岸基础设施，因为该行业将在圭亚那不断扩大，直到达到顶峰。
王佳晶 摘译自 Oil Now
原文如下：
Big ramp up in Guyana offshore activities see Exxon looking to expand shore base services
ExxonMobil Guyana is planning to put in place an enabling agreement for project shore base facilities, equipment, and services to support future projects in the new South American oil producing country.
The energy company is looking to identify Contractors who can provide a fully functional, fit for purpose shore base located in Guyana to support the needs of future projects, starting in 2023.
Phase 2 of the Liza Development is set for start-up next year while the Payara project is targeted for first oil in 2024. A number of other projects are expected to get underway in the coming years from the 18 discoveries made so far at the prolific Stabroek block.
In a Request For Information (RFI) questionnaire seen by OilNOW, contractors are being asked to provide details of the land owned or controlled by their company that is being proposed for use, along with descriptions of the supporting infrastructure/utilities available. Contractors must also describe their development plans for the proposed location including phases of development, associated timeline, companies involved in the development and their roles, and potential for site expansion. Other information required include full operational plans and a demonstration of competence for performing engineering, construction, project oversight, overall shorebase development, and management /operations of shorebase facilities.
“ExxonMobil’s local content strategy is core to our business. Its elements are formally integrated into daily processes and procedures and guides the way we work today and plan for tomorrow,” the company stated in the RFI documents. “Using a multi-tiered approach, we focus on building workforce and supplier capabilities in conjunction with strategic investments in the local community.”
Analysts have said the growing activity offshore Guyana is likely to hit peak in the latter part of this decade and will require large shorebase support services which is something the country will have to begin considering.
Former Trinidad and Tobago Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs, Kevin Ramnarine has pointed out that Guyana offshore will move from one FPSO at present to at least five towards the middle of the decade in addition to multiple drillships and support vessels. By 2030 the number of FPSOs in operation and on order could reach ten.
The offshore operations are currently supported by majority Guyanese-owned port company – Guyana Shore base Inc. (GYSBI) which has moved from operating on a 12-hour basis employing just a handful of Guyanese to what is now a 24-hr facility with close to a 100% local workforce. As the offshore operations multiply, Ramnarine said demand for these types of services will increase.
“That is going to multiply significantly by 2025 so Guyana has to give thought now to the shorebase infrastructure that supports that expanding industry because the industry is going to keep expanding in Guyana until it reaches its peak which would be sometime in the late part of this decade,” he stated.
