据OGJ网站2019年8月6日悉尼报道，澳大利亚政府时下正在与美国政府就从其战略石油储备中获取原油进行谈判。据报道，澳大利亚能源部长安格斯·泰勒表示，这是解决澳大利亚国内原油供应减少问题的一种方法。

澳大利亚拥有足够供应28天的原油和汽油储备，远低于国际能源署(International Energy Agency)设定的90天供应协议。澳大利亚的柴油储备只能满足澳大利亚全国22天的消费量。

泰勒说，自从今年5月莫里森再次当选澳大利亚总理以来，澳大利亚政府采取了这项新举措，以确保向澳大利亚人民提供更多的安全保障。

泰勒补充说，通过合同安排获得美国战略石油储备的原油将大大提高澳大利亚的库存和供应的灵活性。

把美国战略石油储备的原油从美国运往澳大利亚需要20至40天的时间，美国原油运抵澳大利亚后需要进行精炼。

泰勒说，与美国就此事的谈判已开始“一段时间”了。

李峻 编译自 OGJ

原文如下：

Australia in negotiations to buy US SPR crude oil

The Australian government is negotiating with the US administration to access oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Energy Minister Angus Taylor is reported as saying it was a way to address dwindling local supply.

Australia has sufficient crude oil and gasoline to last 28 days, a figure well below the 90-day supply agreement set by the International Energy Agency. The reserve figure for diesel fuel is 22 days’ supply.

Taylor said the Australian government has undertaken the new initiative since the recent reelection of the government of Prime Minister Scott Morrison in May to ensure the delivery of increased security for Australians.

Taylor added that access through a contractual arrangement would substantially boost the country’s stocks and flexibility of supply.

It would take 20-40 days for oil to be sent to Australia from the US and it would need refining when it arrived.

Negotiations with the US began “some time back,” Taylor said.