据路透社10月17日新德里报道,尼日利亚石油部长卡奇武库周一(17日)在新德里表示,欧佩克成员国尼日利亚预计其石油日产量在今年年底前将从目前的水平大幅增加22%至220万桶。
时下正在印度访问的卡奇武库还说,尼日利亚很有可能在今年年底前与印度签署价值150亿美元的融资石油协议。印度石油部长普拉丹说,本国经济受到低油价和交战打击的尼日利亚曾要求预付款。
卡奇武库对记者说:“尼日利亚现在有许多现金流问题。我们的现金储备没有我们希望的那样强大,其造成的影响就是尼日利亚货币奈拉持续贬值。因此,我们正在设法利用我们那些必须立即收到现金的资产。”
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原文如下:
Nigeria Expects 22% Jump In Oil Output By End-Dec
Reuters
Monday, October 17, 2016
NEW DELHI - OPEC member Nigeria expects its oil production rate to jump by 22 percent by the year-end to 2.2 million barrels per day (bpd) from current levels, its oil minister said on Monday, adding he hoped a force majeure on all its oil fields would be lifted by December or January.
Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, on a visit to New Delhi, also said Nigeria was likely to sign a cash-raising oil deal with India for $15 billion by the end of this year. India's oil ministry said that Nigeria, whose economy has been hit hard by low oil prices and militancy, had requested an upfront payment.
"Nigeria has a bit of a cash flow problem right now. Our reserves are not as strong as we want them," Kachikwu told reporters on Monday. "The impact of that is the value of the naira (currency) is coming down. So what we are trying is to leverage on the assets we have to receive immediate cash."