據(jù)海外媒體3月8日倫敦報(bào)道，為刺激英國(guó)大陸架進(jìn)一步海上油氣勘探活動(dòng)，英國(guó)行業(yè)監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)英國(guó)石油和天然氣管理局（OGA）日前啟動(dòng)了一次與今后勘探許可證出售招標(biāo)有關(guān)的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。

這個(gè)耗資70萬美元（50萬英鎊）的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)被設(shè)計(jì)用來鼓勵(lì)地質(zhì)學(xué)家和工程師使用在去年英國(guó)政府資助的Rockall盆地和Mid North Sea高地地區(qū)地震測(cè)量期間采集的數(shù)據(jù)來創(chuàng)新和開發(fā)產(chǎn)品潛力。

成功申請(qǐng)者可以獲得高達(dá)4.27萬美元（3萬英鎊）的“種子基金”來進(jìn)行初步的分析。隨后兩名獲勝候選人可以獲得大約14.2萬美元（10萬英鎊）的資金來把他們的工作開發(fā)成一個(gè)最終產(chǎn)品供OGA使用。

OGA希望這個(gè)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)不僅大大增加對(duì)那些今年晚些時(shí)候舉行的第29屆Seaward許可證出售招標(biāo)提供的邊緣地區(qū)的了解，而且還為已受到油氣工業(yè)低迷影響的油氣社區(qū)內(nèi)留住人才。

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原文如下：

UK regulator launches exploration license competition

Global Oil & Gas News

3/8/2016

LONDON -- The Oil and Gas Authority—the UK’s industry regulator—has launched a competition linked to future exploration licensing rounds in order to stimulate further offshore oil and gas exploration activity in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS).

The $700,000(￡500,000) competition has been designed to encourage geoscientists and engineers to develop innovative interpretations and products potentially using the data acquired during last year’s government-funded seismic surveys of the Rockall basin and Mid North Sea High (MNSH) areas.

Successful applicants may be awarded up to $42,700 (￡30,000) ‘seed funding’ to carry out initial analysis, then two winning candidates may be awarded around $142,000 (￡100,000) to develop their work into a final product for use by the OGA.

It is hoped the competition will not only significantly increase the understanding of these frontier areas in respect of the 29th Seaward Licensing Round later in the year, but also retain talent in the oil and gas community, which has been affected by the oil and gas industry downturn.