据World Energy News网站3月15日巴库报道,阿塞拜疆14日在巴库表示,为了除去一项停滞的天然气供应协议的障碍,阿塞拜疆日前向克里姆林宫控制的俄罗斯天然气巨头俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司(俄气)发出旨在购买俄罗斯天然气的建议。
俄罗斯和阿塞拜疆去年曾同意俄罗斯每年向阿塞拜疆供应20亿立方米天然气,然而,俄罗斯迄今没有开始向阿塞拜疆供应天然气,导致供应中断的主要原因是天然气定价问题。
阿塞拜疆国家石油公司(SOCAR)总裁罗夫纳格?阿卜杜拉耶夫说:“阿塞拜疆仍然有兴趣购买俄罗斯天然气,我们已向俄气发出了这个建议。”
阿卜杜拉耶夫还说,阿塞拜疆一直在与伊朗谈判从伊朗进口天然气。
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原文如下:
Azerbaijan Sent Proposals to Gazprom on Gas Purchases
World Energy News
March 15, 2016
Baku
Azerbaijan said on Monday it had outlined proposals on buying Russian gas to Kremlin-controlled gas giant Gazprom in an effort to unblock a stalled supply deal.
Russia and Azerbaijan agreed last year for Russia to supply up to 2 billion cubic metres of gas to Azerbaijan annually, but the volumes have yet to start flowing. Industry sources have said pricing issues are behind the holdup.
"We are still interested in Russian gas purchases. We have presented our proposals to Gazprom," said Rovnag Abdullayev, the head of Azeri state energy firm SOCAR.
Abdullayev also said that the firm has been in talks with Iran over gas.