据世界能源网2019年10月24日新德里报道，印度政府一名官员周四在新德里表示，在印度政府总理纳伦德拉?莫迪下周访问沙特期间，印度希望与沙特阿拉伯签署一项协议，印度希望沙特阿拉伯参与新德里的战略石油储备(SPRs)的建设。
作为全球第3大石油进口国，印度时下正在寻找合作伙伴来充实国内的石油储备，同时建造储库来保持石油储备和削减成本。
印度已经在本国南部地区的3个地点建造了总储存量为533万吨的战略石油储备，以保护本国不受任何原油供应中断的干扰。印度已经把位于卡纳塔克邦南部的芒格洛尔和帕杜尔的一半战略石油储备设施出租给了阿联酋的阿布扎比国家石油公司（ADNOC）。
在第二阶段，印度计划通过与私营公司的合作，在奥里萨邦东部地区的帕杜尔和昌迪普尔建造两个战略石油储备基地，石油总储存量为650万吨。
印度外交部处理经济关系的高级官员T·S·Tirumurti 说：“我们也邀请了沙特方面参与印度的战略石油储备建设，我们希望在印度政府总理此次访问沙特期间敲定一份谅解备忘录。”
李峻 编译自 世界能源
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India Hopes Saudis Will Help Build Oil Stores
India hopes to sign a pact with Saudi Arabia for participation in Delhi's strategic petroleum reserves (SPRs) during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the kingdom next week, a government official said on Thursday.
India, the world's third biggest oil importer, is scouting for partners to fill the reserves and also to build storage to hold oil reserves and cut costs.
India has built SPRs at three locations in southern India with combined capacity of 5.33 million tonnes, to protect itself from any disruption. It has already leased half of its SPRs at Mangalore and Padur in southern Karnataka state to UAE' national oil company ADNOC.
In the second phase, the country plans to build two SPRs at Padur and Chandipur in eastern Odisha state with total capacity of 6.5 million tonne through a partnership with private companies.
"We have also invited Saudi side to participate in India's strategic story and we hope to finalize an MOU during this visit (of PM)," said T.S Tirumurti, a top officials who handles economic relations at India's foreign ministry.
