据路透社3月29日报道,墨西哥政府周二宣布,到2025年,所有在墨西哥海域内进行深水作业的石油公司必须使本国供应商在项目中的比例达到8%。政府设定这样一个相对较低的比率旨在鼓励外国和私人企业参与项目合同竞标。
低比例使石油公司减少了对墨西哥本地供应商的依赖,这无疑限制了该国大面积未开发的深水区域的专业发展。
根据政府官方公告,本国供应商比例在2015年不低于3%,这个比例到2025年将增加到8%的最大值。该比例远低于针对陆上和浅海项目设置的35%的最大标准。
沈佳蕾摘译自路透社
原文如下:
Mexico sets low local content rule for deep water oil projects
Oil companies operating in Mexico's deep waters must use national suppliers for 8 percent of the projects by 2025, the government said on Tuesday, a relatively low rate meant to encourage foreign and private firms to bid on contracts.
The low rate would allow companies to rely less on Mexican suppliers, which have limited expertise in the country's largely unexplored deep waters.
The rule set a 3 percent minimum in 2015, which covered the few projects operated by Pemex, that would rise to a maximum of 8 percent in 2025, according to a statement in the government's official gazette.
The content minimums are far lower than for onshore and shallow water projects, which top out at 35 percent.