双语新闻：中石油誓在页岩气产量上追赶中石化

2014-09-04 15:33:55来源：可可英语

　　Mr Wang said the company aimed to produce 2.6bcm of shale gas next year, up from 100mcubic metres this year and above its official 2015 target of 1.5bcm.

　　汪东进表示，中石油计划明年生产26亿立方米页岩气，这个数字远高于今年1亿立方米的产量，也高于官方为该公司设定的2015年产量目标(即15亿立方米)。

　　The two companies’ new enthusiasm for shale gas comes as China’s natural gas demand grewby almost 9 per cent in the first half. PetroChina said this compared with less than 4 per centgrowth in refined products demand.

　　这两家公司对页岩气焕发出新的热情之际，今年上半年，中国天然气需求增长近9%。中石油表示，这与成品油需求增长不足4%形成反差。

　　A dismal chemicals markets and the growing surplus of refined fuels in the world’s second-largest oil consumer dented the companies’ refining business in the first half. Overall, both sawprofits growth in line with analysts’ expectations in the first six months of 2014.

　　中国是世界第二大石油消费国，这里化工市场的低迷和成品油的日益过剩，拖累了上述两家公司上半年的炼油业务。总体而言，今年上半年它们的利润增长符合分析师的预期。

　　That reflects not only slowing economic growth – GDP grew by 7.5 per cent in the secondquarter – but also a shift in the composition of the economy. Services account for about halfof the Chinese economy now, while sputtering growth in energy-intensive sectors likeconstruction, steel and coal hurt demand for transport fuels such as diesel.

　　这不仅反映出经济增长放缓——二季度国内生产总值(GDP)增长7.5%——还反映出经济结构的改变。服务业现占中国经济的一半左右，建筑、钢铁和煤炭等高耗能产业则增长乏力，导致柴油等运输用燃料需求减少。

　　In three months of the first seven months of this year, China has been a net exporter ofrefined products, reversing years of steady imports to feed its rapidly growing economy. Inthe first half of the year, national demand for diesel or gas oil contracted by 0.6 per cent.

　　今年头7个月中，中国有3个月成为成品油净出口国，逆转了为满足高速增长的经济而多年持续进口的局面。今年上半年，中国全国柴油需求萎缩了0.6%。

　　As demand slows, refiners are also facing increased competition in wealthier coastal regionsthanks to their own expansions, continuing production by the independent, “teapot” refineriesand the commissioning of a large new refinery in Quanzhou built by state-owned chemicalstrader Sinochem.

　　除了需求放缓，炼油企业在较富裕沿海地区面对的竞争也有所加剧，原因包括它们自身的扩张，“小作坊”式的独立炼油厂的持续生产，以及国有化工贸易商中化集团(Sinochem)在泉州新建成的一家大型炼油厂的投产。

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