石油圈中國石化新聞網訊 據美國彭博新聞社12月21日倫敦/迪拜/利雅得報道，沙特阿拉伯能源大臣兼沙特阿拉伯國家石油公司（沙特阿美）董事長哈立德·法利赫日前在利雅得接受媒體記者采訪時說，由于沙特阿拉伯王國尋找能夠滿足國內不斷增長需求的方法，沙特阿美時下正在從俄羅斯到東非和美國尋找天然氣供應資產。
法利赫的此番評論默認了沙特阿美盡管經過多年勘探仍未能找到足夠的國內天然氣儲量。法利赫現在正在考慮進口這種超冷的液體天然氣來縮小與當地消費的差距并削減用于發電的原油數量用于出口獲取更多利潤。
沙特啊拉每年把數千萬桶原油轉向本國發電廠，尤其是在夏天空調使用高峰季節。沙特阿拉伯未能生產足夠的天然氣來供應發電廠，其生產的大部分天然氣用于本國快速增長的石化工業。
李峻 編譯自 美國彭博新聞社
原文如下：
Saudi Aramco embarks on global hunt for natural gas supplies
Saudi Aramco is looking for natural gas assets from Russia to East Africa and the U.S. as the kingdom’s state-owned energy giant hunts for ways to meet soaring domestic demand.
The comments by Khalid Al-Falih, who’s both Aramco chairman and Saudi energy minister, are a tacit admission Aramco has failed to find enough domestic gas reserves despite years of exploration. He’s now considering imports of super-cooled liquefied natural gas to bridge the gap with local consumption and cut the amount of crude oil burned in power stations instead of exported for profit.
“Aramco is drawing a very wide net,” said Al-Falih, mentioning the Mediterranean and the Caspian Sea as other potential targets for gas assets.
Saudi Arabia diverts tens of millions of bbl of crude every year into its electricity generation plants, particularly during the peak air-conditioning season in the summer. It doesn’t produce enough gas to supply its power stations. Most the gas it does pump goes to its fast-growing petrochemicals industry.
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