据《世界能源新闻》2019年2月28日休斯顿报道，美国石油和天然气巨头埃克森美孚公司周四宣布，该公司日前在塞浦路斯海上获得了重要天然气发现。

这个东地中海岛位于黎凡特盆地，在过去10年里，以色列和埃及都在这个盆地里先后发现了一些储量最大的天然气。

埃克森美孚公司的此次重要发现可能代表着5万亿到8万亿立方英尺的天然气资源。

2017年，埃克森美孚公司和国有卡塔尔石油公司(Qatar Petroleum)赢得了在塞浦路斯南部海上地区勘探石油和天然气的权利。

埃克森美孚公司持有该区块的60%股份，而卡塔尔石油公司持有其余40%的股份。

李峻 编译自 世界能源新闻

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ExxonMobil Finds Natural Gas Off Cyprus

U.S. oil and gas major Exxon Mobil Corp said on Thursday it had found natural gas offshore Cyprus, a region already known for some of the world's largest such discoveries.

The east Mediterranean island is located in the Levant basin, where both Israel and Egypt have found some of the largest reserves of natural gas in the past decade.

Exxon's discovery could represent natural gas resources of between 5 trillion and 8 trillion cubic feet, it said.

In 2017, Exxon and state-owned Qatar Petroleum won the rights to explore for oil and gas in offshore areas south of Cyprus.

Exxon owns a 60 percent stake in the block, while Qatar Petroleum holds the rest.