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发表于 2016-10-14 14:15:16
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英文版:New China refinery faces delay as Myanmar seeks extra tax on oil: sources By Reuters – Global Times Source:Reuters – Global Times Published: 2016/10/10 22:33:39 1 A newly built Chinese refinery near its border with Myanmar is facing a delayed start after State company PetroChina Co balked at paying an extra tax for piping crude oil through the Southeast Asian nation, two senior Chinese industry sources said. PetroChina parent China National Petroleum Corp early last year began trial operations of a deep sea port and 2,400 kilometer pipeline through Myanmar to Southwest China's Yunnan Province. The pipeline is aimed at easing China's reliance on the Malacca Strait, through which about 80 percent of its oil imports now pass. PetroChina has also been building a refinery with capacity of 260,000 barrels per day at Anning, Yunnan to process the oil, which so far can only be stored in tanks. The company completed construction of the Anning plant around July, and had aimed for test operations this month, but the project is facing delays, said one of sources with knowledge of the matter. "The Myanmar government is asking for an additional 5 percent tax for the crude oil, which is on top of an agreed transit fee and pipeline tariff," said the Beijing-based industry official. "It [the tax] is quite off the international norm. The refinery will certainly run into losses if this tax applies," said the source, adding that the start of the plant was being held back by this issue. Commercial operations of a new refinery typically follow several months after testing. A Nay Pyi Taw-based senior official with Myanmar's Energy Ministry said the two countries had agreed that the pipeline contract was subject to change if the Finance Ministry and other government agencies suggested it needed changing. A PetroChina spokesman said the company does not comment on operational matters. |
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