据3月25日MENAFN消息：根据Westwood Global Energy Group的数据，继去年的新油田开发支出创下30年来的最低水平后，海上油气行业今年的资本支出将大幅增加，达到440亿美元左右。而2020年授予的工程、采购和建设(EPC)合同价值仅为123亿美元。2019年，在疫情影响石油需求和价格之前，海上油气行业的EPC合同价值约为400亿美元。
今年的大部分资本支出和最大的EPC合同将用于澳大利亚近海的大型天然气项目和南美近海的深水石油项目开发。
Westwood Global Energy Group海上业务主管Thom Payne表示，2021年的主要增长，其中一部分将来自于2020年的延期支出，这也将有助于今年的海上钻井平台和支持船舶市场。
Payne上个月在一份分析报告中写道，受2020年的延期项目和巴西国家石油公司(Petrobras)复苏的推动，今年海上项目投资将迅速反弹。
去年，海上项目投资跌至30多年来的最低水平，因为公司平均削减了30%的资本支出，并推迟或拖延2020年近海EPC合同高达540亿美元。
自2015-2016年经济低迷以来，成本已大幅降低，近海石油已开始显示出从去年危机中复苏的迹象。 Rystad Energy去年表示，深水石油盈亏平衡点已降至美国页岩供应量以下，使深水成为全球最便宜的新石油供应来源之一。
据这家能源研究公司称，预计运营商将致力于在未来五年内开发创纪录数量的海上油气项目，其中深水项目有望取得最令人瞩目的增长。
冯娟 摘译自 MENAFN
原文如下：
Offshore Oil & Gas Spending Set To Jump To $44 Billion In 2021
After last year's lowest spending on new field developments in 30 years, the offshore oil and gas sector is set to significantly increase capital expenditures this year to around US$44 billion, according to Westwood Global Energy Group.
Offshore upstream oil and gas spending is expected to surge to around US$44 billion this year, compared to just US$12.3 billion worth of engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts awarded in 2020. In 2019, before the pandemic hit oil demand and prices, the EPC contracts in the offshore oil and gas industry were around US$40 billion.
'In 2021, we will see a significant uptick in activity,' Thom Payne, Head of Offshore at Westwood Global Energy Group said at Riviera Maritime Media's Annual Offshore Support Journal virtual conference and exhibition on Wednesday.
Most of this year's capital expenditure and the biggest EPC contracts will go to major natural gas projects offshore Australia and deepwater oil project developments offshore South America.
The major increase in 2021, part of which will come from the deferred spend in 2020, will also help the offshore rig and support vessel markets this year, Payne said at the conference.
Last month, Payne wrote in an analysis that offshore investment is set for a rapid rebound this year, driven by deferred projects from 2020 and a 'resurgent Petrobras.'
Last year, offshore investment slumped to the lowest in more than 30 years as companies slashed capex by 30 percent on average and postponed or stalled as much as US$54 billion of 2020 offshore EPC contract awards, Payne said.
Offshore oil has already started to show signs of emerging from last year's crisis, as costs have been slashed since the previous downturn of 2015-2016. Deepwater oil breakevens have dropped to below those of U.S. shale supply, making deepwater one of the cheapest new sources of oil supply globally, Rystad Energy said last year.
According to the energy research firm, operators are expected to commit to developing a record number of offshore oil and gas projects over the next five years, with deepwater projects set for the most impressive growth.
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