據(jù)能源生活8月4日消息稱，在過去的五年里，北海地區(qū)油氣基礎設施的退役成本已經降低了25%。

行業(yè)監(jiān)管機構北海過渡管理局（NSTA）發(fā)布了最新報告，估計費用約為445億英鎊。

這意味著，去年預計的成本削減了15億英鎊，自2017年以來共削減了150億英鎊。

今年NSTA提出了597億英鎊的基線估計，并設定了在今年年底將成本降低35%至390億英鎊的目標。

根據(jù)目前的規(guī)定，如果公司自己無力承擔油氣基礎設施的退役費用，納稅人就有責任為此買單。

NSTA退役主管Pauline Innes說：“在極端動蕩的經濟條件下，在短期內實現(xiàn)150億英鎊的潛在開支縮減，這應該會給該行業(yè)展望未來的信心。

“僅在英國，退役成本市場就價值數(shù)百億英鎊。我們的行業(yè)正在證明，它可以安全、高效、經濟地完成北海的項目，這使它在競爭這一重大國際獎項時處于有利地位。”

曹海斌 摘譯自 能源生活

原文如下：

Oil and gas decommissioning costs slashed by billions

The estimated cost for companies looking to decommission oil and gas infrastructure in the North Sea has been cut by 25% in the past five years.

The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), the sector regulator has published its latest report estimating the bill to be around ￡44.5 billion.

This means that the forecast for the cost has been cut by ￡1.5 billion last year, contributing to a total cut of ￡15 billion since 2017.

This year the NSTA introduced a baseline estimate of ￡59.7 billion and set a target of reducing costs by 35% to ￡39 billion by end of this year.

According to the current rules, if companies cannot afford to decommission oil and gas infrastructure themselves, taxpayers are liable for footing the bill.

Pauline Innes, NSTA Head of Decommissioning, said: “Delivering potential savings of ￡15 billion during a short period marked by extremely turbulent economic conditions should give the sector confidence as it looks to the future.

“The decommissioning market is worth tens of billions of pounds in the UK alone. Our industry is demonstrating that it can complete projects safely, efficiently and economically in the North Sea and that places it in a strong position to compete for what is a big international prize.”