据路透社8月17日阿布扎比报道,阿联酋经济部长苏丹·本·赛义德·曼苏里周一对路透社表示,阿联酋愿意满足所有印度石油需求。
曼苏里是在与印度总理穆迪会晤后作出以上发言的,后者正对阿联酋进行为期2日的访问。
曼苏里称:“印度正在进口原油,而阿联酋愿意满足印度所有石油需求。”他还补充,该议题将由双方代表作进一步讨论。印度是世界第四大石油消费国,其能源需求的9%由阿布扎比方面提供。
曼苏里表示,穆迪提出了对印度进行1万亿美元投资的建议。
印度政府内的知情人士去年曾表示,印度正与阿布扎比国家石油公司(ADNOC)就租赁其规划中的战略石油储备设施进行谈判。印度石油需求中约80%来自进口,该国正在加大应急储备能力建设,以规避能源安全风险。
一名阿联酋业内人士本周透露,ADNOC与印度间的协商仍在继续,但尚未达成最终协议。
詹乐乾 摘译自路透社,2015-8-18
原文如下:
UAE open to meeting Indian oil demand
(ABU DHABI) The United Arab Emirates is open to meeting any demand for oil from India, the Gulf OPEC member's economy minister Sultan bin Saeed al-Mansouri told Reuters on Monday.
Mansouri was speaking after meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in the UAE on a two-day visit.
"India is importing oil now and the UAE is open to meet demand for any oil from India," Mansouri said, adding that the issue would be discussed further by representatives of the two sides. Abu Dhabi currently provides 9 percent of India’s energy needs and India is the world's fourth biggest oil consumer.
Mansouri said Modi presented proposals for investments in India worth $1 trillion.
India is in talks to lease part of its planned strategic oil storage facilities to Abu Dhabi’s state oil company ADNOC, Indian government sources said last year. India imports about 80 percent of its oil needs and is building emergency storage capacity to hedge against energy security risks.
A UAE industry source said this week that negotiations between ADNOC and India were continuing but no final agreement had been reached yet.