据路透社10月15日报道，据两名知情人士透露，全球能源巨头埃克森美孚公司将向印度最大的国有石油和天然气勘探公司（ONGC.NS）提供专业技术，帮助其开发海上区块的资源。
其中一位消息人士告诉路透社，周一晚些时候签署的谅解备忘录(MOU)将在埃克森美孚对该公司的区块进行研究后，作为最终协议签署。
最近，印度在全球范围内对其石油和天然气业务产生了浓厚的兴趣，因为在全球经济放缓的情况下需求增长，而且政府政策使投资和回报具有吸引力。
石油部长达曼德拉·普拉丹在推文中说：“见证了ONGC与埃克森美孚之间的谅解备忘录，以确定印度东西海岸深水勘探区。”
他补充说，ONGC和埃克森美孚公司还将共同确定在印度竞标更多勘探资产的地区。
ONGC目前正在印度东海岸开发深水油气区块，预计这些区块将在2020年投产，并在高峰期每天生产1500万标准立方米的天然气。
周一，埃克森美孚公司与印度最大的炼油企业印度石油公司(IOC.NS)签署了另一份备忘录，以探讨如何供应液化天然气，以满足印度不断增长的天然气需求。
法国能源巨头道达尔公司也宣布将购买印度阿达尼天然气有限公司约35％的股份。
“这是一项无约束力的协议。这是技术上的捆绑。备忘录提供了一个框架，使两家公司之间的未来合作成为可能。”其中一位消息人士说。
李方征 编译自 路透社
原文如下：
Exxon Mobil, India's ONGC sign expertise-sharing deal
Global energy giant Exxon Mobil Corp（XOM.N） will offer its expertise and technology to India’s biggest state-owned explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp Ltd（ONGC.NS）to help develop its resources in offshore blocks, according to two sources directly privy to the development.
The memorandum of understanding (MoU), signed late Monday, will be later signed as a definitive deal after Exxon studies the blocks of the company, one of the sources told Reuters.
Lately, India is generating a lot of interest worldwide in its oil and gas operations, as growing demand amid a global slowdown and government policies have made investments and returns attractive.
“Witnessed the exchange of a MoU between ONGC and ExxonMobil to identify areas for exploration in deep water in east and west coast of India,” Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said in a tweet.
ONGC and ExxonMobil will also jointly identify areas to submit bids for more exploration assets in India, he added.
ONGC is currently developing deep water oil and gas blocks in India’s east coast, which are expected to come onstream by 2020 and produce 15 million standard cubic metres per day (mscmd) of gas at its peak.
On Monday, Exxon signed another memorandum with India’s biggest refiner Indian Oil Corp Ltd(IOC.NS)to explore ways to supply liquefied natural gas to meet India’s 1burgeoning gas demand.
French energy major Total SA(TOTF.PA) also announced that it would buy around 35% stake in India’s Adani Gas Ltd.
“It is a non-binding agreement. It is a technical tie up. The MoU provides a framework to enable future tie ups between the two companies,” one of the sources said.
