泰国油计划扩大对马来西亚的投资

据路透社7月13日曼谷报道，泰国最大的能源公司泰国国家石油公司财务总监WiratUanarumit本周三表示，该公司计划扩大对邻国马来西亚包括液化天然气合作项目在内的投资。

Wirat表示泰国国家石油公司正在研究联合投资一些项目的可能性，但他拒绝透露更多细节。由于泰国70%的发电依靠天然气供应，因此目前泰国油已经与多家天然气供应商展开谈判，以确保能源的长期供应。

泰国油此前已经与马来西亚国家石油公司成立了一家合资公司，泰国-马来西亚跨国公司，自2000年起监管天然气管道和天然气分离装置的项目。

今年6月，泰国油将2016年的投资预算削减15%至433.1亿泰铢（折合12.3亿美元），这也是2016-2020年5年计划投资2970亿泰铢的一部分。Wirat表示，削减投资主要是由于政府推迟基础设施投资计划导致的，但尽管如此，泰国油还是在当前全球油价下跌的背景下，积极寻求购买更多的油气资产。

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Thailand's PTT plans to invest more in Malaysia

BANGKOK, July 13 (Reuters) - PTT Pcl, Thailand's top energy firm, plans to invest more in neighbouring Malaysia including cooperation in a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, Chief Financial Officer WiratUanarumit said on Wednesday.

State-controlled PTT is studying the possibility of joint investments in several projects, Wirat said but declined to give further details. PTT has been in talks with several LNG suppliers to secure long-term energy supplies as Thailand uses natural gas for almost 70 percent of its power generation.

PTT already has a joint venture, Trans Thai-Malaysia (Thailand) Ltd, with Malaysia's Petronas to overlook the gas pipeline and gas separation plant projects since 2000.

In June, PTT cut its 2016 investment budget by 15 percent to 43.31 billion baht ($1.23 billion), which is part of its five-year plan to spend 297 billion baht during 2016-2020. Wirat said the investment cut was mainly due to delay in the government's infrastructure investments, while PTT was still looking for opportunities to buy more oil and gas assets after a decline in global oil prices.