巴林与沙特基金会签署3亿美元融资协议

中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社3月21日麦纳麦报道，巴林国家石油和天然气管理局(Noga)与沙特政府机构沙特发展基金会(SFD)签署了一项价值3亿美元的融资协议。

昨日，在巴林湾四季酒店举行的仪式上，在石油部长Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa al-Khalifa的见证下，Nogaholding代理首席执行官Dhafer al-Jalahma博士和SFD副总裁兼董事总经理Khalid bin Sulaiman Al Khudair博士签署了该协议。

根据该协议，该基金会将为沙特提供出口信贷和保险，以鼓励国内经济多样化，并促进巴林国内的发展。

该部长表示，该协议的目的是为沙特制造企业提供资金，以参与巴林油气行业和项目的供应。

“我们在巴林的下游、中游和上游地区有一系列能源项目，包括新发现的石油和天然气资源的开发。其中一些项目正处于开发的高级阶段，需要巴林的工业投入，我们希望在海湾合作委员会的水平上尽可能地实现进口本地化。”

孔丽炜 摘译自路透社

原文如下：

Bahrain's Noga and Saudi fund ink $300mln financing accord

The National Oil and Gas Authority (Noga) has signed a financing agreement worth $300 million with the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), a Saudi government agency.

In a ceremony held under the patronage of Oil Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa at the Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay yesterday, the agreement was signed by Nogaholding acting chief executive Dr Dhafer Al Jalahma and SFD vice-president and managing director Dr Khalid bin Sulaiman Al Khudairi.

Under the agreement, the fund will provide export credit and insurance for Saudi national exports to encourage domestic economic diversification and contribute to development within Bahrain.

The minister said the agreement aims to finance the needs of Saudi manufacturing companies to participate in supplying to the oil and gas industry and projects in Bahrain.

“We have a range of energy projects in Bahrain across the downstream, mid-stream and upstream sectors, which includes developments in the newly discovered oil and gas resource. Some of the projects are at an advanced stage of development, requiring industrial inputs which Bahrain does not have and we would like to localise imports at the GCC level as much as possible,” Shaikh Mohammed said.