据世界能源2021年12月31日消息：印度石油部长周四表示，印度国有石油天然气公司(ONGC)计划到2025年将其勘探和生产面积扩大四倍。作为世界第三大石油进口国，印度寻求减少对原油进口的严重依赖。
周四，印度石油和天然气部长Hardeep Singh Puri在参观了ONGC位于Maharatna的综合能源中心后在推特上表示，ONGC未来的战略包括到2025年将勘探开发面积从目前的12.7万平方公里增加到50万平方公里。
这位部长补充说，该国有石油公司还将“重点关注绿色氢和其他来源的国内石油和天然气生产，这将有助于减少燃料进口账单”。
惠誉评级(Fitch Ratings)本月早些时候在一份有关ONGC的报告中表示，ONGC占印度油气产量的75%左右，而其15年的长期储备寿命为印度未来的现金流提供了可见性，并与“A”级同行相当。惠誉对ONGC的独立信用评级为“bbb+”。
该公司董事长Subhash Kumar本周在接受当地媒体《论坛报》采访时表示，印度北部的喜马偕尔邦拥有“巨大的石油和天然气勘探潜力”。
最近几个月，印度对其进口账单并不满意，因为与其他一些石油进口国相比，印度经济和炼油商对国际原油价格更为敏感。印度的进口满足了80%以上石油需求，是石油消费大国之一，该国一再呼吁欧佩克+以超出计划的方式增加石油产量，以冷却价格上涨。
上个月，有报道称，印度正寻求通过要求ONGC权衡出售两个大型海上油气田的多数股权来提高国内石油产量。
10 月，印度石油部部长Tarun Kapoor告诉路透社，美国石油巨头埃克森美孚正在就投资ONGC在印度东海岸的一些深水勘探资产进行谈判。
冯娟 摘译自 世界能源
原文如下：
Indian State Oil Giant To Significantly Expand Oil Exploration
Indian state firm Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) plans to raise fourfold its exploration and production acreage by 2025, India’s petroleum minister said on Thursday, as the world’s third-biggest oil importer looks to reduce its large dependence on crude imports.
ONGC’s strategy for the future includes boosting the E&P acreage from the current 127,000 square kilometers to 500,000 square kilometers by 2025, Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri tweeted on Thursday after visiting the company’s integrated energy center in Maharatna.
The state oil firm will “also focus on green hydrogen & other sources of enhancing domestic petroleum & natural gas production in the country which will contribute in reducing the fuel import bill,” the minister added.
onGC accounts for around 75 percent of India’s oil and gas production, while its long reserve life of 15 years provides visibility on future cash flows and is comparable to that of ‘A’ rated peers, Fitch Ratings said in a report on the company earlier this month. Fitch has a ‘bbb+’ standalone credit profile (SCP) rating on ONGC.
The company’s chairman Subhash Kumar told local outlet The Tribune in an interview this week that the Himachal Pradesh state in northern India had “immense potential in oil and natural gas exploration.”
In recent months, India has not been happy with its import bill as its economy and refiners are more sensitive to international crude oil prices than some other oil-importing nations. India, where imports meet more than 80 percent of oil demand, is one of the large oil consumers that has repeatedly called on OPEC+ to increase oil production more than planned in order to cool the rally in prices.
Last month, reports emerged that India was looking to boost its domestic oil production by asking onGC to weigh a potential sale of majority stakes in two large offshore oil and gas fields.
In October, India’s petroleum ministry secretary Tarun Kapoor told Reuters that U.S. supermajor ExxonMobil was in talks to potentially invest in some of ONGC’s deepwater exploration assets off India’s east coast.
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