據世界石油1月10日消息稱，加拿大海外石油有限公司是一家國際石油和天然氣勘探、生產和開發公司，業務集中在美國懷俄明州，該公司宣布在其懷俄明州資產發現一處的常規輕油區域。此外，COPL還提供了其Barron Flats Shannon油田生產的操作更新。

COPL總裁兼首席執行官Arthur Millholland表示:“我們在2021年1月收購了Atomic Oil & Gas，我們意識到勘探的巨大潛力，但收購的基本原理和財務模式反映了現有油井的長期生產流量為5000桶/天。從那時起，我們增加了現有井的產量，并加快了勘探計劃，今天宣布了新發現。這凸顯了懷俄明州資產的長期生產潛力，其生產規模比我們最初的預期高出許多倍。”

我們估計，該發現的Frontier區塊占地面積約為51平方英里，每平方英里最多可鉆3口水平井，每口井的初始產量為1000桶-3000桶/天。我們計劃分階段生產，已經申請了4口水平井的生產許可在評估整個油田開發計劃的同時，我們將使用內部資源來支付開發的初始成本。這一發現突出了這一杰出資產的長期可持續生產前景。”

“這是一個重大的石油發現，我們在懷俄明州的資產的增長規模讓我們所有人都感到驚訝。這種規模的常規輕質油發現在北美大陸已經數年甚至數十年都很少見。我們控制了這一發現的大部分，因為它與我們的大型連續租賃區塊相一致。我們將在今年開始開發這一發現。”

朱佳妮 摘譯自 世界石油

原文如下：

Canadian Overseas Petroleum Ltd announces significant U.S. discovery

Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited, an international oil and gas exploration, production and development company with operations focused in Wyoming, USA, announced a significant conventional light oil discovery at its Wyoming asset. In addition, COPL provides an operational update on its Barron Flats Shannon Field production.

Arthur Millholland, President & CEO of COPL, said "We acquired Atomic Oil & Gas in January 2021 aware of the significant exploration upside, however the acquisition rationale and financial model reflected a long-term production flow from existing wells of 5,000 barrels per day. Since then, we have increased production from the existing wells and accelerated our exploration program which has resulted in today's announced discovery. This highlights the potential for the Wyoming asset to generate long-term production on a scale many multiples greater than our original expectation."

"We are delighted that this discovery reflects the scale of previous discoveries made over my career and in particular, the North Sea. We estimate the Frontier element of the discovery to cover an area of approximately 51 square miles with the capacity of up to three horizontal wells per square mile each initially producing 1,000 - 3,000 barrels per day. We plan a phased production program and have already applied for permits covering four horizontal wells. We will use internal resources to cover the initial costs of development whilst full field development plans are evaluated. This discovery highlights the long-term sustainable production outlook from this outstanding asset."

"This is a significant oil discovery and the size of the upside at our Wyoming asset was a surprise to us all. Conventional light oil discoveries of this magnitude have been rare in continental North America for years if not decades. We control the majority of this discovery as it is coincident with our large contiguous lease block. We will start exploiting the discovery this year."