菲律宾与以色列公司达成石油勘探协议

Philippines strikes oil exploration deal with Israeli company@The Philippine Star

The Philippine government signed on Thursday an "initial" seven-year oil exploration deal with an Israeli firm in a bid to develop the country’s own energy sources amid sharp swings in oil prices in the international market.

菲律宾政府周四与一家以色列公司签署了一项“初步”为期七年的石油勘探协议，以便在国际市场油价大幅波动的情况下开发本国的能源。

At a ceremony in the Malacañan Palace, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his energy minister, Alfonso Cusi, inked a petroleum service contract with Itay Raphael Tabibzada, president and CEO of Israel-based Ratio Petroleum Ltd.

在马拉坎南宫（Malacañan Palace）举行的仪式上，菲律宾总统罗德里戈·杜特尔特（Rodrigo Duterte）和能源部长阿方索·库西（Alfonso Cusi）与以色列Ratio Petroleum有限公司总裁兼首席执行官Itay Raphael Tabibzada签署了石油服务合同。

Ratio Petroleum can now explore Area 4, which covers 416,000 hectares across the East Palawan Basin, for potential oil and gas resources.

Ratio Petroleum公司现在可以勘探4区，该区域覆盖东巴拉望盆地的416,000公顷土地，拥有潜在的石油和天然气资源。

Projected total expenditure is valued at a minimum of $34,350,000.

预计总支出估值至少为34,350,000美元。

“The President has been very clear — our country needs to attain energy security and sustainability at the soonest possible time. We are currently experiencing how our dependence on importation has left us at the mercy of price movements in the global oil markets,” Cusi was quoted as saying in a news release.

“总统一直非常清楚- 我们国家需要尽快实现能源安全和可持续性。我们目前正在经历着对进口的依赖，使我们受制于全球石油市场的价格波动。”Cusi在新闻发布会上引述道。

“We need to boost the exploration and development of our own energy resources and the awarding of the petroleum service contract to Ratio Petroleum is a step in the right direction,” he added.

他补充说：“我们需要加强对自身能源资源的勘探和开发，将石油服务合同授予Ratio Petroleum是朝着正确方向迈出的一步。”

Inflation jumped to an over nine-year high of 6.7 percent in September, amid food supply bottlenecks, a weak peso and a surge in global oil prices, translating to higher pump prices in the Philippines, a net importer of oil.

由于食品供应瓶颈，比索疲软以及全球油价飙升，9月份通货膨胀率跃升至9年来的最高点6.7％，导致菲律宾的油价上涨，这是石油的净进口国。

Some analysts see oil prices to spike above $100 per barrel towards the end of 2018 or by early 2019, as US President Donald Trump’s sanctions against Iran, a major crude exporter, take effect in November.

一些分析师认为，由于美国总统唐纳德特朗普对主要原油出口国伊朗的制裁于11月生效，因此油价将在2018年底或2019年初飙升至每桶100美元以上。

Philippine policymakers, meanwhile, expects price of Dubai crude— used as a benchmark for Asia — to average $70-75 per barrel this year and $75-85 next. This range is forecast to drop to $70-80 a barrel in 2020, before declining to as low as $65-75 for 2021 and 2022.

与此同时，菲律宾政策制定者预计迪拜原油（用作亚洲基准）的价格今年平均每桶70-75美元，接下来是75-85美元。预计该范围将在2020年降至每桶70-80美元，然后在2021年和2022年降至65-75美元之间。

Year-to-date, domestic gasoline price jumped P10.55/liter, while prices of diesel and kerosene increased P11.50/liter and P10.50/liter, respectively.

年初至今，国内汽油价格上涨P10.55/升，柴油和煤油价格分别上涨P11.50/升和P10.50/升。