據OE網站4月2日報道，澳大利亞海上油氣安全監管機構NOPSEMA已批準伍德賽德(Woodside)的海上項目提案（OPP），以開發西澳大利亞北部的斯卡伯勒氣田。

該OPP是聯邦水域斯卡伯勒項目的主要聯邦環境評估文件，并構成未來特定活動環境計劃的基礎，這也必須由NOPSEMA評估和批準。

批準是在經過一年多的評估后才獲得的，評估期間包括為期八周的公開評論過程。

根據NOPSEMA的說法，伍德賽德（Woodside）提議在鉆探井，安裝管道和半潛式浮式生產裝置之后，于2023年開始開發斯卡伯勒氣田。

FID延遲

正如上周報道的那樣，伍德賽德上周宣布，由于不確定的全球投資環境，其將推遲對其在澳大利亞的一些主要項目的最終投資決定，包括價值110億美元的斯卡伯勒開發項目。該公司原計劃今年批準該項目，但如今已推遲至2021年。

在NOPSEMA的海上項目提案獲得批準之后，伍德賽德首席執行官彼得·科爾曼(Peter Coleman)表示，盡管由于Covid-19和波動石油價格的影響，我們如今面臨著具有挑戰性的市場狀況，但斯卡伯勒是一種世界級的資源，我們計劃通過我們擬議的Burrup樞紐以具全球競爭力的成本開發。伍德賽德正在繼續努力，以確保我們有所有必要的監管批準和商業協議，以確保可以于2021年做出斯卡伯勒項目的最終投資決定。

斯卡伯勒氣田的估計資源量（2C）干氣量為11.1 萬億立方英尺（100％；伍德賽德份額 8.2萬億立方英尺，使用確定性和概率方法計算）。伍德賽德和必和必拓(BHP)分別擁有該氣田的73.5％和26.5％。

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原文如下：

Woodside Gets OK for Scarborough Proposal

Australian offshore oil and gas safety regulator NOPSEMA has approved Woodside's offshore project proposal (OPP) from for the development of the Scarborough gas fields off northern Western Australia.

The OPP is the primary Commonwealth environmental assessment document for the Scarborough project in Commonwealth waters and forms the basis for future activity-specific Environment Plans, which must also be assessed and approved by NOPSEMA.

The approval comes after an assessment that took more than a year, with the assessment period including an eight-week public comment process.

According to NOPSEMA, Woodside has proposed to start developing the Scarborough gas fields in 2023, following the drilling of wells, installation of pipeline and semi-submersible floating production unit.

FID Delay

As reported last week, Woodside last week announced it would delay final investment decisions on some of its major projects in Australia, including the $11 billion Scarborough development, due to the uncertain global investment environment. The company had planned to sanction the project in 2020, but this has now been pushed to 2021.

Following NOPSEMA's offshore project proposal acceptance, Woodside CEO Peter Coleman said: "Although we are now facing challenging market conditions due to the impact of COVID-19 and volatile oil prices, Scarborough is a world-class resource that we plan to develop at a globally competitive cost through our proposed Burrup Hub."

"Woodside is continuing work to ensure we have all the necessary regulatory approvals and commercial agreements in place to ensure a final investment decision can be taken for Scarborough in 2021,” he said.

The Scarborough field contains an estimated contingent resource (2C) dry gas volume of 11.1 Tcf (100%; 8.2 Tcf Woodside share, calculated using deterministic and probabilistic methods). The field is held 73.5% by Woodside and 26.5% by BHP.