雷普索尔在玻利维亚发现新天然气储量

据路透社2月20日报道，西班牙雷普索尔公司（Repsol SA）与玻利维亚政府于周五宣布，在该国境内新发现了高达4万亿立方英尺的天然气储量，使得全国储量提高了40%，到2019年就可开采利用。

玻利维亚总统Evo Morales说：“这是个惊喜。我们之前预计到2020年将发现17万亿立方英尺的储量，不过此次雷普索尔的发现并不在计划之内。”

目前，玻利维亚已探明天然气储量10.45万亿立方英尺。

Morales强调，政府计划今年在油气勘探和开采上投入24亿美元。

沈佳蕾摘译自路透社

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Repsol makes major natural gas discovery in Bolivia

Feb 19 Repsol SA discovered 4 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of possible natural gas reserves in Bolivia that it will start tapping in 2019, the government and company said Friday - a finding that could boost the Andean country's reserves by 40 percent.

"This news is a surprise," said Bolivian President Evo Morales. "We had forecast 17 tcf through 2020 and Repsol's new discovery wasn't in our plans."

Bolivia now has 10.45 tcf of proven reserves.

Morales, who nationalized the energy sector in 2006, reiterated that the government will invest $2.4 billion in exploration and extraction this year.