印度五年内炼油产能将翻一番

    中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社11月21日报道，印度总理纳伦德拉·莫迪(Narendra Modi)周六表示，印度计划在未来五年内将其炼油产能提高近一倍。尽管疫情正在打击印度经济，但印度提出了一个比以前更加激进的计划。

    印度能源部长6月曾表示，印度的炼油产能可能在10年内从目前约2.5亿吨的水平跃升至4.5 至5亿吨。但是在一所石油大学的会议上，莫迪表示:“我们正在努力在未来五年内使国家的炼油产能翻一番。”

    亿万富翁穆凯什·安巴尼也在集会上做了演讲，他的信实工业有限公司在莫迪的家乡古吉拉特邦经营着世界上最大的炼油厂。

    莫迪表示，印度还打算将天然气在能源消费结构中的比例提高到原来的四倍。清洁燃料目前占印度能源消耗的6%左右。

    莫迪还指出，印度将提前实现到2022年将可再生能源发电能力提高到175吉瓦、到2030年达到450吉瓦的目标。截至2018年底，印度可再生能源额定容量约为75吉瓦。

    王佳晶 摘译自 路透社

    原文如下：

    Modi says India set to double oil refining capacity in five years, earlier than expected

    India plans to nearly double its oil refining capacity in the next five years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, offering a much more aggressive timeline than previously despite the coronavirus pandemic blighting the economy.

    The country's energy minister was quoted (here) in June as saying India's oil refining capacity could jump to 450-500 million tonnes in 10 years from the current level of about 250 million tonnes.

    But addressing a petroleum university’s convocation, Modi said “work is being done to nearly double the country’s oil refining capacity in the next five years”.

    The convocation was also addressed virtually by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, whose Reliance Industries Ltd operates the world’s biggest oil refinery in Modi’s home state of Gujarat.

    Modi said India was also aiming to raise the share of natural gas in its energy-consumption mix by up to four times. The cleaner-burning fuel currently accounts for about 6% of the energy consumed in the country.

    India would achieve its targets of increasing renewable energy capacity to 175 gigawatts by 2022 and 450 gigawatts by 2030 ahead of schedule, Modi added. The country had renewable energy capacity of about 75 gigawatts at the end of 2018.