石油设备网讯 据美国彭博新闻社1月16日新德里/孟买报道，根据印度石油监管机构，由于更好的数据，印度日前把本国油气资源的规模提高了50%。
印度能源管理局主管阿塔努·查克拉博蒂说，这个南亚国家日前把本国潜在油气资源从20多年前估计的280亿吨提高到了大约420亿吨，其中只有不到四分之一的油气资源已被探明，这将给新参与者留下通过勘探开启剩余油气资源的空间。
查克拉博蒂在其靠近新德里的办公室内对采访他的媒体记者说，印度迄今还有大约2220亿桶石油和油当量天然气资源没有被发现，这是投资们非常关切的一个问题。
印度是世界上增长最快的能源消费国之一，由于印度总理莫迪寻求在2022年前提高产量以及把印度石油进口量减少10%，莫迪总理将允许投资者拥有难得的决定他们希望钻探区域的自由。
现在，印度将提供一些激励措施，包括程序更简单的许可证发放、税收减免以及从定价限制中获得自由来吸引外国勘探公司和专业技术。
李峻 编译自 美国彭博新闻社
原文如下：
India pitches bigger oil resource pie in bid to lure investments
India has increased the size of its oil and natural gas resources by 50% because of better data, according to the country’s oil regulator.
The South Asian nation has raised its potential hydrocarbon resources to about 42 billion metric tons from the 28 billion estimated more than two decades ago, said Atanu Chakraborty, head of the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons. Little more than a quarter of that has been proven, leaving scope for new players to unlock the remainder through exploration, he said.
“There are about 222 Bbbl of oil and oil equivalent gas yet-to-be-found resources in India,” Chakraborty said in an interview at his office near New Delhi. “It’s a whole lot for which investors will be looking on very eagerly.”
India is one of the world’s fastest growing energy consumers and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is allowing investors the rare freedom of deciding the areas they want to drill in as he seeks to boost production and cut India’s oil imports by 10% by 2022.
Now, India is offering incentives including simpler permits, tax breaks and freedom from pricing restrictions to attract explorers and expertise.
