歐洲石油巨頭未放棄與俄羅斯合作

Europe’s biggest oil groups are extending business deals with their Russian energy partners despite this month’s EU vote to continue imposing sanctions, highlighting how western companies are learning to live with the restrictions placed on Moscow.

歐洲大型石油集團將延續與俄羅斯能源合作伙伴的商業合作，儘管本月歐盟投票決定繼續對俄製裁，這凸顯了西方企業是如何學習適應對俄製裁的。

BP is close to agreeing a deal to acquire a 20 per cent stake in a Siberian oilfield from state-owned Rosneft that could be worth $700m, people familiar with the matter told the Financial Times, while Italy’s Eni and Statoil of Norway have received approval from European capitals to continue work on their joint ventures with Rosneft.

知情人士對英國《金融時報》表示，英國石油(BP)已接近與國有的俄羅斯石油公司(Rosneft)達成一份收購後者一處西伯利亞油田20%股權的協議，交易金額可能達7億美元。意大利的埃尼集團(Eni)和挪威的挪威國家石油公司(Statoil)都已獲得本國政府批准，可以繼續經營與俄羅斯石油公司建立的合資企業。

Shell is also still working on its Salym joint venture with Gazprom Neft, the oil arm of the Russian gas group, and has applied for approval from the Dutch government for other projects.

殼牌(Shell)也仍在與Gazprom Neft共同經營Salym石油開發合資公司，並已就其他項目申請荷蘭政府批准。Gazprom Neft是俄羅斯天然氣工業股份公司(Gazprom)旗下石油子公司。

The moves come as the St Petersburg international economic forum, Russia’s answer to Davos, takes place this week under a rather different mood from last year when sanctions were first imposed. This year there is a more positive atmosphere as international companies try to work around the sanctions with their Russian partners.

歐洲油企做出上述舉動之際，本週的聖彼得堡國際經濟論壇即將召開，論壇氛圍將不同於對俄製裁最開始啓動的去年。今年該論壇的氛圍更積極，因爲國際企業正在努力與俄羅斯合作伙伴一道繞開制裁。聖彼得堡國際經濟論壇是俄羅斯舉辦的類似世界經濟論壇的活動。

The expanding co-operation between Europe’s oil majors and the Russians demonstrates a growing divide between Europe and the US. Washington has blocked all co-operation with Russia in Arctic, deepwater and shale oil, meaning that ExxonMobil’s 10 joint ventures with Rosneft remain frozen. But the EU sanctions, which allow companies with pre-existing contracts to continue, enable the European groups even to expand their activities in Russia.

歐洲石油巨頭擴大與俄羅斯同行合作，表明歐美之間的分歧日益加大。美國方面已禁止了本國油企在北極、深海和頁岩油方面與俄羅斯的所有合作，這意味着埃克森美孚(ExxonMobil)與俄羅斯石油公司之間的10家合資企業仍處於凍結狀態。但歐盟制裁規定先前達成的合約可以繼續執行，使得歐洲油企甚至可以擴大自身在俄羅斯的業務。