标题: US Domestic Crude Output > Import + CN's 1st Deep-Water Gas Field [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 11-15-2013 19:17 标题: US Domestic Crude Output > Import + CN's 1st Deep-Water Gas Field (1) Wendy Koch, Worth Gushing Over; Oil output eclipses import. USA Today, Nov 15, 2013 (front page; not available online).
The above is terse, abridged from a lengthy one available online:
Wendy Koch, Big Milestone: US Producing More Oil Than It Imports. USAToday.com, Nov 13, 2013.
The reports are based on
Short-Term Energy Outlook. Energy Information Administration (EIA), US DEpartment of Energy, Nov 13, 2013 http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/steo/
("Monthly estimated domestic crude oil production exceeded crude oil imports in October for the first time since February 1995, while total petroleum net imports were the lowest since February 1991")作者: choi 时间: 11-15-2013 19:17
Simon Hall, Beijing Goes to the Well for Energy Supplies; Cnooc and Canada's Husky Energy prepare to open the taps on China's first deep-water natural-gas project. Wall Street Journal, Nov 15, 2013 http://online.wsj.com/news/artic ... 4579180991007342138
Excerpt in the window of print: China wants to double its gas use to 10% of its energy mix by 2020.
Quote:
"The Liwan-3 gas field in the South China Sea about 200 miles southeast of Hong Kong is expected to go online by early next year and eventually [in 2015] to pump about 4% of the country's gas supply [later in the report: "4% of Chinese domestic gas output" thus excluding import]. * * * The field is in undisputed waters in the South China Sea
"Husky Energy Inc, which is controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, operates the project and owns 49%. Chinese state-owned energy company Cnooc Ltd 0883.HK in Your Value Your Change Short position holds the rest.
"Cnooc has made a push to develop its offshore-drilling expertise, last year paying $15.1 billion for Canada's Nexen Inc. That purchase gave Cnooc access to technical skills used by Nexen in the Gulf of Mexico, which is far deeper than Liwan's location [where seabed is beneath 4,750 feet of water], and which can be used in future deep-water projects. Husky and Cnooc contracted with deep-water specialists, including Italy's Saipem SPM.MI in Your Value Your Change Short position SpA, for assistance at Liwan.
My comment:
(a) I have no idea why the report does not mention Chunxiao (Shirakaba according to Japan) gas field, which should also be deep-water.
(b) In comparison, The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill occurred while BP "was drilling a 35,050 feet (10,680 m) deep exploratory well in approximately 5,100 feet (1,600 m) of water." Wiki