印度将邀请外国公司投资国有石油公司

据路透社11月12日阿布扎比报道，印度石油部长达曼德拉·普拉丹（Dharmendra Pradhan）周一晚间表示，将邀请国际能源公司参与印度对国有石油公司的私有化。

普拉丹表示，印度总理纳伦德拉·莫迪（Narendra Modi）最近在休斯敦会见了能源公司的首席执行官，包括埃克森美孚公司、英国石油公司、皇家荷兰壳牌石油公司、俄罗斯石油公司、沙特阿美公司和阿布扎比国家石油公司的首席执行官。

这是普拉丹首次表明政府有意将外国投资引入该国国有石油公司。

“我们正在邀请石油巨头，” 达曼德拉·普拉丹在阿布扎比举行的一次能源会议上告诉记者。

他说：“它们都朝着印度的能源市场发展。”

当被问及反应是否积极时，他说：“我非常热情。”

这位部长说，与阿美石油公司和ADNOC合作，在印度西海岸建造一座炼油厂的计划正步入正轨。

当被问及与沙特阿美和Adnoc的交易是否很快达成时，他说，“我认为可以”，但拒绝给出具体时间。

他说，印度也对从俄罗斯进口原油持开放态度。“无论谁给我们负责任和合理的价格，我们都愿意从世界各地采购我们的需求。俄罗斯是我们非常重要的合作伙伴。”

周一，印度石油公司董事长表示，该公司正在考虑购买俄罗斯石油。

李方征 编译自 路透社

原文如下：

India to invite foreign firms to invest in state-owned oil companies

International energy firms will be invited to participate in India’s privatisation of state-owned oil companies, the country’s Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said late on Monday.

Pradhan said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently met with the chief executives of energy firms in Houston, including those from Exxon Mobil Corp, BP Plc, Royal Dutch Shell, Rosneft Oil Co, Saudi Aramco and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (Adnoc).

This is the first time Pradhan has signalled the government’s intent bring foreign investment into the country’s state-owned oil companies.

“We are inviting oil majors,” Dharmendra Pradhan told reporters at an energy conference in Abu Dhabi.

“They are all towards India’s energy market,” he said.

Asked if the response was positive, he said “I am very enthusiastic.”

The minister said a planned oil refinery on India’s west coast in partnership with Aramco and Adnoc is on the right track.

Asked if a firm deal with Aramco and Adnoc could be sealed soon, he said “I think so,” declining to give a timeline.

India is also open to crude oil imports from Russia, he said. “We are open to source our requirements from all over the world whoever gives us responsible and reasonable price. Russia is a very important partner for us.”

On Monday, the chairman of Indian Oil Corp said the company was looking at buying Russian oil.