據OE網站7月20日報道，根據行業監管機構上周五表示，受疫情影響，石油公司今年在挪威近海的勘探井數量預計將比原計劃減少約40%。

挪威石油管理局(NPD)也表示，由于使用外國勞工等與疫情有關的限制，挪威大陸架的開發項目可能會被推遲。

今年年初，該局曾預計今年將鉆探約50口井，而2019年為58口。

該管理局在上周五的一份聲明中表示，多達12口探井因與疫情有關而被推遲勘探。

NPD勘探總監Torgeir Stordal稱，我們希望這些油井能盡快鉆探，并且最遲不遲于2021年鉆探。

他表示，似乎還有五口井可能被推遲；這是我們一直在預測中考慮的推遲類型。

此外，NPD表示，18個正在進行的NCS開發項目中，有幾個可能會因為與疫情有關的限制而被推遲，但預計新項目將在今年晚些時候獲得批準。其中包括Equinor的Breidablikk和Aker BP的Graasel石油發現的開發。

郝芬 譯自 OE網站

原文如下：

COVID-19 Cuts New Drilling Offshore Norway Around 40%

Oil firms are expected to drill about 40% fewer exploration wells off Norway in 2020 than originally planned because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the industry regulator said on Friday.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) also said development projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf could be delayed because of restrictions related to the pandemic, such as the use of foreign labor.

At the start of the year, the directorate had expected around 50 wells to be drilled in 2020, compared with the 58 in 2019.

In a statement on Friday, it said as many as 12 exploration wells had been postponed in connection with COVID-19.

"We expect these wells to be drilled as soon as possible, and no later than during 2021," Torgeir Stordal, director of exploration at the NPD, said.

"It also seems that five other wells could be postponed; this is a type of postponement that we always account for in our forecasts," he said.

In addition, the NPD said several of the 18 ongoing development projects on the NCS could be delayed as a result of restrictions linked to COVID-19, but it expected new projects would be approved later this year.

They include the development of Equinor's Breidablikk and Aker BP's Graasel oil discoveries.