中国石化新闻网讯 据国外媒体9月2日东京报道,沙特阿拉伯国家石油公司(沙特阿美)首席执行官阿明? 纳赛尔周四在东京表示,沙特阿美和日本政府同意把沙特阿美用来储存原油的冲绳的原油储存能力扩大大约200万桶。
根据与东京达成的协议,沙特阿美和阿布扎比国家石油公司(ADNOC)将把他们在位于日本大陆西南部冲绳的原油储存量各自增加到630万桶。
作为对提供免费储存空间的报答,日本在紧急情况下将有权优先使用在冲绳储存的原油。
纳赛尔在东京对采访他的媒体记者说,增加原油储存能力对沙特阿美和日本政府来说将是最大的利益。“我们正在寻求把原油储存量比我们现在储存的数量增加数百万桶,”纳赛尔如是说。
日本政府的一名高级发言人证实了双方已同意扩大和延长当前的原油储存协议,尽管细节还没有决定。
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原文如下:
Saudi Aramco, Japan to expand Okinawa Crude Storage Deal
WENews.com/September 2, 2016/Tokyo
Saudi Aramco and the Japanese government agreed on a roughly 2 million barrel expansion of crude storage capacity in Okinawa, used by the state-run firm to store oil, Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser said on Thursday.
Under an agreement with Tokyo, Saudi Aramco and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) each store up to 1 million kilolitres (6.3 million barrels) of crude oil in Okinawa, southwest of mainland Japan.
In return for providing free storage space, Japan gets a priority claim on the stockpiles in case of an emergency.
"It would be the best interest for Saudi Aramco and Japan to increase the capacity," Nasser told reporters in Tokyo. "We are looking at a couple of million (barrels) more than what we have now."
A senior Japanese government spokesman confirmed the two sides had agreed to expand and extend the current storage deal, though details had not been decided.