石油设备网讯 据国民报6月12日报道称，阿布扎比正寻求扩大与全球最大的液化天然气生产国澳大利亚的合作。此前，阿联酋能源部访问了澳大利亚维多利亚州。
阿布扎比能源部主席Awaidha Murshed Al Marar表示，战略伙伴关系，尤其是在优化能源使用和消费合理化方面将被列入议程。
根据最新的《BP世界能源统计年鉴》，澳大利亚占全球超冷燃料出口的21.3％。2018年12月，澳大利亚超过卡塔尔成为全球最大的液化天然气出口国。据BP石油公司称，2018年澳大利亚液化天然气供应量增长达150亿立方米，超过了美国和俄罗斯。
阿联酋需要进口天然气以满足国内需求，并寻求与俄罗斯和美国等国家合作，以填补赤字。
根据阿联酋对外贸易经济部的数据，2017年阿联酋与澳大利亚之间的非石油贸易额达到33亿美元，同比增长16％。两国在航空和海运等其他领域也有显着增长。
徐蕾 摘译自 国民报
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UAE eyes strategic energy partnerships with Australia
Abu Dhabi is looking to expand co-operation with Australia, the world’s biggest producer of liquefied natural gas, following a visit by the emirate’s Department of Energy to the state of Victoria.
Strategic partnerships, particularly in optimising energy use as well as rationalising consumption would be on the agenda, according to the Abu Dhabi Department of Energy chairman Awaidha Murshed Al Marar.
Australia accounts for 21.3 per cent of global exports of the super-chilled fuel, according to the latest BP Statistical Review of World Energy. Australia overtook Qatar as the world’s top LNG exporter in December 2018. According to BP, supply growth from Australian LNG amounted to 15 billion cubic metres in 2018, outstripping the US and Russia.
The UAE, which requires gas imports to meet domestic demand, has sought co-operation with players such as Russia and the US, to plug deficits.
Non-oil trade between the UAE and Australia reached $3.3 billion in 2017, a 16 per cent increase over the previous year, according to the UAE’ s Ministry of Economy for Foreign Trade. The two countries have also seen significant pick-up in in other sectors such as air and maritime transport.
