普京开启俄中输油管道

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Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, yesterday opened a new pipeline to export east Siberian oil to China that will help Russia reorientate its oil trade towards the east.
俄罗斯总理弗拉基米尔•普京(Vladimir Putin)昨日开启了一条从东西伯利亚向中国输送原油的管道，这条管道将有助于俄罗斯将其石油贸易转向东方。

The pipeline, running 67km from Skovorodino in east Siberia to China’s north-eastern frontier, is an offshoot of a new oil export route Russia is building to the Pacific Ocean, providing a strategic window on the fast-growing energy markets of Asia.
该管道全长67公里，始自东西伯利亚的斯科沃罗季诺(Skovorodino)，终点是中国东北边境，它是俄罗斯正在建造的通往太平洋方向的一条原油输出管道的支线，为亚洲快速增长的能源市场提供了一扇战略窗口。

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“This is a vital project for us as we begin to diversify our sales of strategic raw materials,” Mr Putin said. “So far we have delivered most oil to Europe . . . The Asia-Pacific region has received insubstantial volumes.”
“当我国开始分散战略性原材料的销售对象之际，这对我们是一个至关重要的项目，”普京表示。“迄今我国的大部分石油出口到欧洲……而亚太地区得到的数量不大。”

Russia began exporting oil this year from a new export terminal on the Pacific Ocean built to serve fields in east Siberia, one of the world’s last untapped oil provinces. Some Kremlin-friendly oil companies have been granted tax breaks to speed development of east Siberian res-erves and offset a decline in production in other regions.
今年，俄罗斯从太平洋海岸一个新建的出口码头开始输出原油，该码头是为东西伯利亚的几个油田而建设的，这里是世界上仅存的尚未开发的富油地区之一。与克林姆林宫关系较好的一些石油公司已获得税收减免待遇，以加快开发东西伯利亚的储量，抵消其它地区产量下降的影响。

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Transneft, the Russian oil pipeline monopoly, completed the construction of a pipeline from Taishet in the Irkutsk region to Skovorodino last year, the first stretch of a planned 2,757km pipeline to the Pacific. On completion in 2012, the pipeline will be capable of carrying up to 1.6m barrels of oil a day, about one-third of Russia’s current exports.
居于垄断地位的俄罗斯国家石油管道运输公司(Transneft)去年建成了从伊尔库茨克州(Irkutsk)的泰舍特(Taishet)至斯科沃罗季诺的管道，这是计划铺设的全长2757公里、通往太平洋管道的第一段。2012年建成后，该管道将能够每天输送至多160万桶原油，占俄罗斯目前出口量的三分之一左右。

Julia Nanay, senior director at PFC Energy, the Washington-based oil consultancy, said the pipeline would give Russia flexibility to focus oil trade on premium markets. “There is more money to be made by exporting to Asia than to Europe. By building the spur to China, Russia is acknowledging commercial realities,” she said.
总部位于华盛顿的能源咨询公司PFC Energy高级总监朱莉娅•纳内(Julia Nanay)表示，这条管道将给俄罗斯带来灵活性，使其能够在石油贸易中聚焦于高价市场。“向亚洲出口比向欧洲出口更有利可图。建造通往中国的支线，意味着俄罗斯正在接受商业现实，”她表示。