能源部完成4.8亿美元贷款 Arena Energy 海上项目升级22座平台 日增产石油最高3.86万桶
华盛顿 — 美国能源部能源主导融资办公室（EDF）11月10日宣布，已完成向 Arena Energy 的 Elkhorn 项目提供4.8亿美元贷款的财务交割，用于提升美国湾（Gulf of America）大陆架的石油与天然气产量。该项目将对 Louisiana 州外海的22座海上平台进行现代化改造，达产后预计每日增产石油最高3.86万桶、天然气最高7,700万立方英尺。
能源部表示，这笔贷款由特朗普总统的《工薪家庭减税法》促成，是该部完成的首笔支持国内石油与天然气生产的贷款。
「美国是世界上最大的石油与天然气生产国和出口国，在特朗普总统领导下，美国能源产量将继续增长，」能源部长 Chris Wright 说。「Elkhorn 项目将使石油日产量增加最高3.86万桶，并创造数千个就业岗位。能源部为这类项目提供融资，是在扩大国内生产、加强能源安全。」
Arena Energy 目前在美国湾海上日产原油约3万桶。能源部称，Elkhorn 项目将对现有海上基础设施进行现代化改造并扩大产能，在项目全周期内为美国能源产量增加约1.25亿桶石油与2,500亿立方英尺天然气，并在该国最重要的海上能源走廊之一创造2,400个建筑类岗位与400个运营岗位。
「在特朗普总统与 Wright 部长的领导下，EDF 正在让现有能源基础设施重新为美国人民服务，」EDF 主任 Gregory A. Beard 说。他表示，该项目将扩大国内油气生产、创造高薪就业、加强美国能源安全，并为美国纳税人带来可观回报。
（来源：美国能源部）
Energy Department Closes $480 Million Loan for Project Elkhorn to Modernize 22 Offshore Platforms
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) on November 10 announced the financial close of a $480 million loan for Arena Energy's Project Elkhorn to increase oil and natural gas production across the Gulf of America shelf. The project will modernize 22 offshore platforms off the coast of Louisiana and, at peak production, is expected to add up to 38,600 barrels of oil per day and up to 77 million cubic feet of natural gas per day to U.S. energy production.
The department said the announcement was made possible by President Trump's Working Families Tax Cut and marks the Energy Department's first closed loan supporting domestic oil and natural gas production.
"The United States is the world's largest producer and exporter of oil and natural gas, and thanks to President Trump, American energy production will continue to grow," said U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. "Project Elkhorn will increase oil production by up to 38,600 barrels per day and create thousands of jobs. By providing financing for projects like Project Elkhorn, the Energy Department is expanding domestic production and strengthening our energy security."
Arena Energy currently produces approximately 30,000 barrels of oil per day offshore in the Gulf of America. The department said Project Elkhorn will modernize existing offshore infrastructure and expand production capacity, adding approximately 125 million barrels of oil and 250 billion cubic feet of natural gas to U.S. energy production over the life of the project. The project will create 2,400 construction-related jobs and 400 operations jobs in one of the nation's most important offshore energy corridors.
"Thanks to President Trump and Secretary Wright's leadership, EDF is putting existing energy infrastructure back to work for the American people," said EDF Director Gregory A. Beard. He said the project will expand domestic oil and natural gas production, create good-paying American jobs, and strengthen U.S. energy security while generating substantial returns for American taxpayers.
(Source: U.S. Department of Energy)
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