据路透社8月4日报道称，巴布亚新几内亚周日表示，将支持与法国石油巨头道达尔达成的液化天然气（LNG）协议，不过该国表示，仍需要就一些条款进行谈判。
该项目名为巴布亚液化天然气项目，于今年4月达成协议，但在签署该协议的总理在5月份的议会投票中被淘汰之后，该协议被提交审查。
周日，巴布亚新几内亚石油部长Kerenga Kua表示，政府“原则上”支持该项目。他于6月被新总理詹姆斯·马拉佩任命为此投资组合负责人。巴布亚液化天然气项目是道达尔、埃克森美孚公司和澳大利亚石油搜索公司共同成立的合资企业，是130亿美元项目的一部分，该项目将使该国的液化天然气出口翻番。
“然而，国家保留了与开发商讨论事项候选名单的权利，”Kua在一封电子邮件声明中说。
“我们相信，我们讨论并达成的协议是有利的，不会影响巴布亚液化天然气协议的总体经济和财政条款。”
他补充说，敲定细节不应超过两周。
徐蕾 摘译自 路透社
原文如下：
Papua New Guinea signals backing of Total LNG deal
Papua New Guinea signalled on Sunday it was backing a previously agreed liquefied natural gas (LNG) deal with French oil major Total SA, although it said that some terms still needed negotiating.
The deal, for a project called Papua LNG, was agreed in April but put up for review after the prime minister who signed it was ousted in a parliamentary vote in May.
On Sunday, Petroleum Minister Kerenga Kua, who was appointed to the portfolio in June by new Prime Minister James Marape, said his government "in principle" stood behind the project.Papua LNG, a joint venture between Total, Exxon Mobil Corp and Australia's Oil Search Ltd, is part of a $13 billion project set to double the country's exports of LNG.
"However, the state has reserved its rights to discuss a shortlist of matters to be discussed with the developers," Kua said in an e-mailed statement.
"We believe that what we have discussed and agreed to are favourable and will not affect the general economics and fiscal terms of the Papua LNG Gas Agreement."
He added that finalising the details should not take more than two weeks.
