日本和沙特阿美延长冲绳岛原油储存协议

据路透社12月10日报道，日本国营企业日本石油天然气金属公司（JOGMEC）周二表示，该公司已与沙特阿美就冲绳岛的原油储存再续签三年协议。

JOGMEC在一份声明中说，根据协议，JOGMEC将日本大陆西南部岛屿上的13个国家原油储存罐租赁给沙特阿美，使该石油集团能够在未来三年储存约130万千升原油。

作为对沙特阿美提供免费存储空间的回报，日本在紧急情况下可以优先获得石油库存。

JOGMEC表示，油罐租赁协议自2010年开始，每三年续签一次。

JOGMEC说：“它为日本的能源安全做出了贡献，并加强了与沙特王国的关系，沙特王国供应了日本超过三分之一的原油进口。”。

李方征 编译自 路透社

原文如下：

Japan, Saudi Aramco extend Okinawa crude storage deal

Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp (JOGMEC) has renewed a deal with Saudi Aramco for crude oil storage on the island of Okinawa for another three years, the state-run Japanese company said on Tuesday.

Under the agreement, JOGMEC leases 13 national crude oil stockpiling tanks on the island southwest of mainland Japan to Saudi Aramco, enabling the oil group to store about 1.3 million kilolitres of crude oil for the next three years, JOGMEC said in a statement.

In return for providing free storage space to Saudi Aramco, Japan gets a priority claim on the oil stocks in an emergency.

The tank lease deal has been running since 2010 and has been renewed every three years, JOGMEC said.

“It contributes to energy security in Japan and strengthens the relationship with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which supplies more than one-third of Japan’s crude oil imports,” JOGMEC said.