【壓縮機網】據利比亞媒體1月8日的黎波里報道，在中斷3年以后，利比亞海上油氣勘探作業日前再次重新啟動。
　　
　　法國石油巨頭道達爾公司日前重新啟動了其在利比亞海上15、16和32合同區的勘探作業。在Zagreb 1鉆機上個月抵達Pelagian盆地利比亞-突尼斯海上領土線以東海域以后，道達爾公司開始了A1-16/3井的鉆井作業。A1-16/3井井場距離Zuwara大約85公里。
　　
　　這部由克羅地亞鉆井承包商Crosco擁有、1977年在法國建造的鉆機原計劃在去年4月份運抵井場，但是，在Trogir造船廠的維護和修理作業耗費了比預期長的時間。
　　
　　A1-16/3井的鉆井作業預計持續130天，但是，如果獲得發現，這部鉆機可能在原地再待一個月進行生產測試。該鉆機隨后將搬遷到Zuwara東北30公里處的第2口井井場。第2口井的鉆井作業估計將持續146天。如再次獲得發現，鉆機在原地將再停留一個月進行生產測試。
　　
　　道達爾公司去年曾估計兩口新井的勘探費用大約在1.2億-1.3億美元，進一步測試可能再耗資1500萬美元。
　　
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　　Total restarts offshore exploration in Libya
　　
　　Libya Herald
　　
　　January 8, 2014
　　
　　After a three-year break, Libyan offshore exploration has again restarted. French oil giant Total has started exploration at its Contract Areas 15, 16 & 32 with well A1-16/3 following the arrival last month of the rig Zagreb 1 just east of the Libyan-Tunisian offshore territorial line in the Pelagian Basin and 85 kilometres north of Zuwara. The area is known to be rich in gas and oil reserves.
　　
　　The rig, owned by Croatian drilling contractors Crosco and built in France in 1977, had been due to arrive last April but maintenance and repair work in the shipyard in Trogir took longer than expected.
　　
　　Drilling at A1-16/3 is expected to last 130 days, but if there is a discovery the rig could stay another month for production tests. It is then due to move to a second site, 30 kilometres northeast of Zuwara for an estimated 146 days. Again, if there is a discovery it could remain in place for another month for tests.
　　
　　The cost of the exploration for the two new wells was estimated last year by Total at around $120-130 million. Further tests could cost another $15 million.