据路透社6月2日报道,印度尼西亚一名高级政府官员称,在本周维也纳举行的OPEC成员国会议期间,印尼希望能与中东产油国家进行磋商,以达成长期原油供应协议,为国内炼油厂提供原料。
印尼在2008年失去了OPEC成员国资格,目前正在考虑要求重新加入,计划与沙特阿拉伯、科威特、伊朗、伊拉克、阿曼、阿联酋等国举行双边会议。
印尼能源部油气主管Wiratmaja Puja称:“我们会讨论从他们那里购买原油的事情,因为我们计划新建一批炼油厂,需要原油供应。”
预计到2018年,印尼将成为世界最大的汽油进口国。一直以来,印尼都难以在炼油行业吸引投资,其国内最新的炼油设施都已经存在了20年以上。
沈佳蕾摘自路透社
原文如下:
Indonesia to seek oil supply deals at OPEC meeting
Indonesia will meet with Middle East oil producers on the sidelines of an OPEC meeting in Vienna this week to negotiate possible long-term crude supply agreements for its refineries, a senior government official said.
The Southeast Asian country, which is considering asking to rejoin the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries after leaving in 2008, plans to hold bilateral meetings with Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Iraq, Oman and the United Arab Emirates.
"We will discuss purchasing crude from them. We have a plan to build refineries, so we need crude supplies," Wiratmaja Puja, director general of oil and gas at Indonesia's Energy Ministry, told Reuters late on Monday.
Indonesia, which is expected to become the world's largest gasoline importer by 2018, has struggled to attract investment in its refining sector and its newest facility is more than 20 years old.