据路透社11月7日开普敦报道，意大利石油部周四表示，意大利Saipem公司已获得赤道几内亚一份价值9000万至1亿美元的合同，修建一条70公里长的海底管道，将阿伦平台与蓬塔欧罗巴石化枢纽连接起来。

石油部长Gabriel Obiang Lima在一份声明中称，该项目由来宝能源运营，预计天然气供应将于2021年初开始。

由于赤道几内亚希望延长其液化天然气（LNG）生产资产的使用寿命，该管道将为海上天然气田提供服务，每天的天然气产能为9.5亿立方英尺。

Obiang Lima说:“我们预计，这份在特定情况下得到特别批准的合同将极大地有助于改善当地企业的业绩并创造就业机会。”

赤道几内亚是石油输出国组织在西非的一个小成员国，该国90%以上的对外收入来自石油和天然气。

这条管道是将各种海上气田与陆上液化天然气设施连接起来，并将Bioko岛变成天然气处理中心计划的一部分。

李方征 编译自 路透社

原文如下：

Saipem wins $100 million Equatorial Guinea pipeline contract

Italy’s Saipem has been awarded a contract in Equatorial Guinea worth $90-$100 million to build a 70 km subsea pipeline linking the Alen platform with the Punta Europa petrochemical hub, the oil ministry said on Thursday.

Gas deliveries from the project, operated by Noble Energy, are expected to begin in early 2021, Oil Minister Gabriel Obiang Lima said in a statement.

The pipeline will serve offshore gas fields and have a capacity for 950 million cubic feet of gas per day as Equatorial Guinea looks to extend the life of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) production assets.

“We anticipate that this contract, which is being approved exceptionally under the given circumstances, will contribute immensely to improving the performance of local businesses and the creation of employment,” Obiang Lima said.

Equatorial Guinea, a small West African member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, derives more than 90% of its foreign revenue from oil and gas.

The pipeline forms part of plans to link various offshore gas fields to onshore LNG facilities and turn the island of Bioko into a gas processing hub.