中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社5月25日圣彼得堡报道，俄罗斯国有石油巨头俄罗斯石油公司（俄油/Rosneft）日前签署了一项协议来帮助伊拉克库尔德地区开发其天然气储量以及建造一条天然气管道，此举将扩大俄油在伊拉克半自治区能源领域的主导地位。

俄气说，作为其在库尔德地区建立一个综合天然气业务价值链计划的一部分，俄气将对库尔德地区的一条天然气管道进行预FEED（前端工程和设计）。

俄气表示，该公司将把重点放在合作伙伴和库尔德地区天然气项目的第三方项目融资上。

俄油在过去两年已同意向库尔德地区的石油项目投资数十亿美元，其中包括控制该地区的石油管道。

这条管道让俄油得以进入该地区关键的基础设施，这些基础设施通过土耳其领土把该地区的大部分石油输送到全球市场。

由于俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔?普京寻求扩大在中东的影响力，因此，这项协议使这家克里姆林宫控制的公司成为了该地区最大的投资者，把传统上是美国强大盟友的埃尔比勒变成了莫斯科的重要合作伙伴。

李峻 编译自 路透社

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Rosneft Boosts Clout In Iraqi Kurdistan With Gas Pipeline Deal

Russian state oil major Rosneft signed a deal to help Kurdistan develop its gas reserves and build a gas pipeline, expanding the company's dominance in the energy sector of Iraq's semi-autonomous region.

Rosneft said it would conduct a pre-FEED (front engineering and design) of a gas pipeline in Kurdistan as part of its plan to build an integrated gas business value chain in the region.

It said it would focus on partnerships and third-party project financing for gas projects in Kurdistan.

Rosneft has agreed to invest billions of dollars in Kurdistan's oil projects in the past two years including securing control of the region's oil pipeline.

That pipeline gave Rosneft access to crucial infrastructure that ships most of the region's oil to global markets via Turkish territory.

It made the Kremlin-controlled firm the biggest investor in the region by far, turning Erbil, traditionally a strong U.S. ally, into an important partner for Moscow as Russian President Vladimir Putin seeks to expand influence in the Middle East.