据PennEnergy网站9月23日巴库报道, BP旗下的阿塞拜疆国际作业公司(AIOC)23日在巴库表示,该公司日前开始了阿塞拜疆大型天然气管道项目的建设。
根据AIOC发表的一份新闻稿,在南部天然气走廊中,这条管道预计最终将每年从阿塞拜疆最大的气田以及世界最大气田之一的沙赫杰尼兹大气田向欧洲输送160亿立方米天然气。
BP首席执行官鲍勃?达德利说,这个管道系统将全长3500公里,它将向格鲁吉亚、土耳其、保加利亚、阿尔巴尼亚和意大利提供能源供应品。
根据美国彭博新闻社,这条管道可能减少欧洲对俄罗斯天然气供应的依赖。
保加利亚总统罗森?普列夫内利耶夫日前在接受彭博新闻社记者采访时表示:“乌克兰的危机突出了欧洲能源安全的重要性。南部天然气走廊将最终结束我们对单一一条管道的依赖。”
格鲁吉亚和土耳其预计在2018年年底开始销售天然气,而欧洲预计在2019年获得能源供应。
达德利在一份声明中表示,世界市场渴求能源供应,而我们从拥有丰富自然资源的内海开辟了一条全新的通道。迄今为止,巴库——第比利斯——杰伊汉(BTC)管道已运送20多亿桶石油。
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原文如下:
BP starts major pipeline project construction in Azerbaijan
September 23, 2014
PennEnergy
British Petroleum's Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC) said it has begun construction of the Azeri pipeline project, according to a company release. At the Southern Gas Corridor, the pipeline is expected to eventually transport 16 billion cubic meters per year of gas from the Shah Deniz gas field, the largest natural gas field in Azerbaijan and one of the biggest in the world. The pipeline system will stretch 3,500 kilometers and provide energy supplies to Georgia, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Albania and Italy, said BP CEO Bob Dudley.
The pipeline may reduce Europe's dependence on Russian gas supplies, according to Bloomberg.
"The crisis in Ukraine highlighted the issue of European energy security," said Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev, according to Bloomberg. "The South Gas Corridor will finally end our dependence on a single pipeline."
Georgia and Turkey are anticipated to start sales in late 2018 with Europe to obtain energy supplies in 2019.
"The world's markets are thirsty for energy supplies and we have opened up a whole new route from a land-locked sea that is rich in natural resources," Dudley said in a statement. "To date, over two billion barrels of oil have been carried through the BTC pipeline."