印度邀请美国公司参与印度天然气基础设施开发

据俄罗斯油气网9月25日新德里报道，印度石油和天然气部长普拉丹24日在与美国驻印度大使肯尼思·贾斯特的视频会议上讨论了“战略能源伙伴关系”，并邀请美国公司更积极地参与印度天然气基础设施的开发。

印度石油和天然气部在一系列推特中表示，普拉丹还审查了今年6月启动的印美战略石油储备合作。

印度石油和天然气部在推特上写道，“美国驻印度大使贾斯特承认，能源部分正在成为印美战略伙伴关系的关键组成部分。”

另一条推特补充说，“普拉丹部长邀请美国公司更积极地参与开发印度的天然气基础设施，并审查了今年6月启动的两国战略石油储备合作。”

印度在2017年才开始从美国购买石油，试图使其进口多元化，减少对欧佩克国家的依赖。但在短短三年时间里，美国已成为印度的第六大石油供应国。

2018-2019年，印度从美国购买了620万吨原油，比2017-2018年购买的190万吨有显著增长。

值得注意的是，印度作为世界上最大的能源消费国之一，依靠石油进口来满足其85%的能源需求，在2019年4月至2020年3月期间从国外购买了大约1.01亿吨石油。

李峻 编译自 俄罗斯油气网

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D.Pradhan invites US companies to engage in developing gas infrastructure in India

Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on September 24 discussed 'Strategic Energy Partnership' during video conferencing with Kenneth Juster, the US Ambassador to India, and invited the US companies to engage more intensely in developing the gas infrastructure in India.

Informing about the same in series of tweets, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas said that Pradhan also reviewed the strategic petroleum reserves' cooperation initiated in June this year.

"The US Ambassador to India Juster recognized that the energy component is emerging as a key constituent of the India-US strategic partnership," tweeted the Ministry.

"Minister Dharmendra Pradhan invited US companies to engage more intensely in developing the gas infrastructure in the country and reviewed the strategic petroleum reserves' cooperation initiated in June this year," it said in another tweet.

India only began purchasing oil from the US in 2017 as it sought to diversify its imports away from OPEC countries, but in the course of just three years, the US has become India's sixth largest oil supplier.

In 2018-2019, India purchased 6.2 million tonnes of crude oil from the US, a marked rise from the 1.9 million tonnes it purchased in 2017-2018.

It is also worth noting that India, as one of the world's largest energy consumers, relies on oil imports to meet 85 % of its energy needs, purchasing around 101 million tonnes from abroad between April 2019 and March 2020.