据世界能源新闻9月4日消息，俄罗斯自然资源和环境部长Dmitry Kobylkin周三表示，他对允许私营油气公司在北极大陆架开展作业表示支持。

Kobylkin在俄罗斯远东城市符拉迪沃斯托克的一个经济论坛上对记者表示，他支持“任何与碳氢化合物相关项目投资增加有关的决定”。

俄罗斯经济严重依赖自然资源，随着气候变化、冰川消融和技术方面的进步，预计北极地区巨大的石油天然气储量将变得更容易开采。

Kobylkin在接受塔斯社采访时表示:“我们清楚地知道，俄罗斯的北极地区资源没有得到足够的勘探研发。我们当然愿意对该地区进行更多研究考察，但政府无法允许自身进行此类投资，因为这需要耗费巨资。”

今年8月，俄罗斯副总理Dmitry Kozak和Yuri Trutnev提议向私人投资者开放俄罗斯的北极大陆架，并提议起草法律，扩大对该大陆架的使用权。

目前，只有国有的俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司(Gazprom)和俄罗斯石油公司(Rosneft)被授权可以在俄罗斯北极大陆架进行作业。Kobylkin告诉塔斯社，政府部门也在与俄气和俄油进行磋商，以增加它们在北极的勘探活动。

裘寅 编译自 世界能源新闻

原文如下：

Russia Open to Private Firms Developing Arctic

Russia's natural resources and environment minister said on Wednesday he supported allowing private oil and gas companies to work on the Arctic shelf.

Speaking to reporters at an economic forum in the far eastern Russian city of Vladivostok, the minister, Dmitry Kobylkin, said he supported "any decision linked to an increase in investment in projects related to hydrocarbons."

The Russian economy is heavily reliant on natural resources and the Arctic's vast oil and gas reserves are expected to become more accessible as climate change melts the ice and technology advances.

"We clearly understand that Russia's Arctic zone has not been studied enough," Kobylkin said in separate comments to TASS news agency. "Of course we would like to study it more, but the government cannot allow itself to make such investments. It's very expensive."

In August deputy prime ministers Dmitry Kozak and Yuri Trutnev proposed that Russia's Arctic shelf be opened to private investors and proposed to draft legislation to expand access to it.

Only state-controlled Gazprom and Rosneft are currently authorized to operate on Russia's Arctic shelf. Kobylkin told TASS that his ministry was also in talks with Gazprom and Rosneft to increase their Arctic exploration.