據俄羅斯油氣網9月25日新德里報道，印度石油和天然氣部長普拉丹24日在與美國駐印度大使肯尼思·賈斯特的視頻會議上討論了“戰略能源伙伴關系”，并邀請美國公司更積極地參與印度天然氣基礎設施的開發。

印度石油和天然氣部在一系列推特中表示，普拉丹還審查了今年6月啟動的印美戰略石油儲備合作。

印度石油和天然氣部在推特上寫道，“美國駐印度大使賈斯特承認，能源部分正在成為印美戰略伙伴關系的關鍵組成部分?！?/span>

另一條推特補充說，“普拉丹部長邀請美國公司更積極地參與開發印度的天然氣基礎設施，并審查了今年6月啟動的兩國戰略石油儲備合作。”

印度在2017年才開始從美國購買石油，試圖使其進口多元化，減少對歐佩克國家的依賴。但在短短三年時間里，美國已成為印度的第六大石油供應國。

2018-2019年，印度從美國購買了620萬噸原油，比2017-2018年購買的190萬噸有顯著增長。

值得注意的是，印度作為世界上最大的能源消費國之一，依靠石油進口來滿足其85%的能源需求，在2019年4月至2020年3月期間從國外購買了大約1.01億噸石油。

李峻 編譯自 俄羅斯油氣網

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D.Pradhan invites US companies to engage in developing gas infrastructure in India

Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on September 24 discussed 'Strategic Energy Partnership' during video conferencing with Kenneth Juster, the US Ambassador to India, and invited the US companies to engage more intensely in developing the gas infrastructure in India.

Informing about the same in series of tweets, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas said that Pradhan also reviewed the strategic petroleum reserves' cooperation initiated in June this year.

"The US Ambassador to India Juster recognized that the energy component is emerging as a key constituent of the India-US strategic partnership," tweeted the Ministry.

"Minister Dharmendra Pradhan invited US companies to engage more intensely in developing the gas infrastructure in the country and reviewed the strategic petroleum reserves' cooperation initiated in June this year," it said in another tweet.

India only began purchasing oil from the US in 2017 as it sought to diversify its imports away from OPEC countries, but in the course of just three years, the US has become India's sixth largest oil supplier.

In 2018-2019, India purchased 6.2 million tonnes of crude oil from the US, a marked rise from the 1.9 million tonnes it purchased in 2017-2018.

It is also worth noting that India, as one of the world's largest energy consumers, relies on oil imports to meet 85 % of its energy needs, purchasing around 101 million tonnes from abroad between April 2019 and March 2020.