圭亚那寻求135英里海底天然气管道延长能源优势

　　中国石化新闻网讯 据世界石油10月19日消息称，圭亚那可能在未来四年成为南美洲最大的石油生产国之一，但这个世界最新的石油国家越来越把天然气视为增长国内经济的基石。

　　圭亚那鼓励外国直接投资的政府机构GoInvest的首席执行官Peter Ramsaroop表示，一座大型燃气发电厂的建设工作将于2022年开始，预计将建成一条220公里(135英里)长的管道。他表示，该项目的融资仍在制定中。

　　Ramsaroop在一次采访中说:“铺设管道的开始日期现在正在最后确定，但决定已经做出。圭亚那必须有天然气和水力发电，才能使经济具有竞争力，使我们能够依靠自己的能源提供商品和服务。”

　　圭亚那的新能源财富已经使其成为世界上增长最快的经济体之一，国际货币基金组织预计该国今年的国内生产总值将增长20%。尽管如此，在这个人口约75万的小国，电力价格昂贵且不可靠，因为电力主要是靠燃烧进口燃油发电，并通过老化的传输系统进行输送。

　　朱佳妮 摘译自 世界石油

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　　Guyana seeks a 135-mile subsea gas pipeline to extend its energy win streak

　　Guyana will likely become one of South America’s top oil producers over the next four years, but the world’s newest petrostate increasingly sees gas as the bedrock for growing its domestic economy.

　　Work will begin on constructing a major gas-fired power plant in 2022 on the expectation that a 220-kilometer (135-mile) pipeline will be built, according to Peter Ramsaroop, chief executive officer of GoInvest, a Guyana government agency that encourages foreign direct investment. Financing the project is still being worked out, he said.

　　“The start date of laying the pipe is now being finalized, but the decision has already been made,” Ramsaroop said in an interview. “Guyana must have the gas and hydropower to be able to bring a competitive economy to the point where we can depend on our own energy to deliver our goods and services.”

　　Guyana’s new energy wealth has already made it one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, with the International Monetary Fund forecasting gross domestic product expanding 20% this year. Still, electricity in the tiny country with a population of about 750,000 is expensive and unreliable because it’s largely generated by burning imported fuel oil and distributed via an aging transmission system.