伊朗表示下个月将开始向伊拉克出口天然气

中国石化新闻网讯 据美国彭博新闻社8月15日德黑兰报道，拥有世界最大天然气储量的伊朗15日表示，伊朗将在下个月开始向伊拉克出口天然气，这比其原计划晚了一年多时间。

伊朗国家天然气公司经理哈米德?阿拉基是在接受伊朗大学生通讯社记者的采访时发表上述讲话的。他说，伊朗下个月将开始每天向巴格达的一个发电厂运送700万立方米天然气。通往巴士拉的第二条路线将在2017年开辟，届时每天供应伊拉克的伊朗天然气数量将达到7000万立方米。

在国际制裁在1月份缓解以后，伊朗一直在增加原油和天然气出口量。虽然伊朗原油产量反弹比预期更快，然而，向伊拉克出口天然气用去了更多时间。伊朗国家天然气出口公司曾在2014年表示，伊朗将在第二年开始向伊拉克出口天然气。

机构设在伦敦的能源咨询机构Energy Aspects的分析师理查德?马林森15日在电话采访中说，伊拉克的发电厂迫切需要伊朗的天然气。

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原文如下：

Iran says gas exports to Iraq will start next month after delay

8/15/2016

TEHRAN, Iran (Bloomberg) -- Iran, holder of the world’s biggest natural gas reserves, says it will start exports to Iraq in the next month, more than a year later than it originally planned.

Shipments will start at 7 MMcmd to supply a power plant in Baghdad, Hamid Reza Araghi, director of the National Iranian Gas Co., said in an interview with the Iranian Students’ News Agency. A second route to Basra will be opened in 2017, with shipments eventually reaching 70 MMcmd.

Iran is boosting crude oil and natural gas exports after international sanctions were eased in January. While its crude output has rebounded faster than expected, the natural gas exports to Iraq have taken more time. The National Iranian Gas Export Co. said in 2014 it would start exports to Iraq the following year.

Richard Mallinson, an analyst at Energy Aspects in London, said by phone on Monday. “Iraq desperately needs gas for its power stations.”