里海五国旨在解决长期存在的油气储量争端

中国石化新闻网讯 据道琼斯8月13日消息，五个里海国家的领导人签署了一项协议，旨在解决长期存在的里海这个内陆水域石油和天然气储量所有权的争端。

据美国能源信息署（EIA）称，截至2012年，里海的石油储量估计为480亿桶，天然气储量为292万亿立方英尺。这表明，周日（8月12日）里海五国签署的协议可能引发里海地区油气勘探和新管道建设的激增。

8月12日在哈萨克斯坦港口城市阿克套举行的里海五国峰会上，俄罗斯、哈萨克斯坦、伊朗、阿塞拜疆和土库曼斯坦五国总统签署的协议具体条款没有对外透露。

张春晓 摘译自 道琼斯

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Caspian Nations Move to Settle Dispute on Oil and Gas Reserves

Leaders of five Caspian Sea nations signed an agreement that aims to settle a longstanding dispute over ownership of oil and gas reserves on the landlocked body of water.

Caspian reserves as of 2012 were estimated at 48 billion barrels of oil and 292 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, said the Energy Information Administration, a branch of the U.S. government, indicating that Sunday's deal could trigger a surge in exploration and the construction of new pipelines.

Specific details of Sunday's deal -- which the presidents of Russia, Kazakhstan, Iran, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan signed at a summit in the Kazakh port city of Aktau on Sunday -- weren't revealed.