世界未来石油工业的过渡化发展方向——以加拿大油砂石油生产和煤层气开发利用为例

TRANSITIONAL TREND OF WORLD OIL INDUSTRY IN COMING YEARS——Illustrations Draw on Canada's Successful Developments of Oil Sands and Coal Bed Methane

加拿大是一个石油天然气净出口国,是美国最重要的能源进口国之一。随着西部省区油田的成熟化,加拿大自1999年实施开发油砂和海域石油资源项目后,石油产量开始增长。业内人士分析预测,加拿大油砂石油的产量在不久将会有更显著的提高,并可以补偿上其常规原油递减的产量。加拿大油砂石油生产和煤层气开发所取得的成功,很可能是今后世界石油工业的过渡发展方向。

Canada is a net exporter of oil and natural gas,one of the most important sources of U.S.energy imports.The country's oil production has been increasing since 1999,as new oil sands and offshore projects have come on-stream to replace aging fields in the western provinces.Analysts predict that oil sands production and Coal bed methane development will increase significantly in coming years and offset the decline in Canada's conventional crude oil and gas production.Canada's successful developments of oil sands and coal bed methane probably imply the transitional trend of world oil industry in coming years.