据路透社2023年7月10日报道，伊拉克和法国石油巨头道达尔能源公司7月10日签署了一项拖延已久的270亿美元能源协议，旨在通过四个石油、天然气和可再生能源项目增加石油产量并提高伊拉克的能源生产能力。

道达尔能源公司董事长兼首席执行官潘彦磊与伊拉克石油部长在巴格达举行的签字仪式上签署了这项协议，潘彦磊称这是“历史性的一天”。

他说，这个项目将于今年夏天破土动工，未来四年将投资100亿美元。

他说：“今天是开始的一天，我们将在今后4年里为伊拉克所有人的利益交付这些项目。”

天然气增长综合项目(GGIP)旨在改善伊拉克的电力供应，包括回收三个油田放空燃烧的天然气，并利用这些天然气为发电厂供电，帮助减少伊拉克的进口费用。

道达尔能源公司表示，它还将开发一座1吉瓦的太阳能发电厂，向巴士拉地区电网供电，并邀请沙特公司沙特国际水能和电力公司ACWA power加入这个项目。

“这是伊拉克可再生能源投资的真正开始。”伊拉克石油部长在谈到太阳能项目时如是说。

GGIP包括一个处理厂，使遭受旱灾的伊拉克能够在水密集型石油生产过程中使用海水，而不是来自河流和沼泽的有限淡水。

伊拉克希望该项目将吸引新的外国投资进入其能源部门，自十多年前的一系列交易以来，这些投资一直没有出现。

他说：“我希望这将成为其他投资者来伊拉克投资的强烈信号。”

近几年来，埃克森美孚公司、壳牌公司和英国石油公司都缩减了在伊拉克的业务，导致伊拉克石油产量停滞不前。

近几年来，伊拉克的石油生产能力一直保持在每天500万桶左右。

然而，沙特阿拉伯的石油日产量一度有望达到1200万桶，占全球需求的十分之一以上。

潘彦磊表示，新签署的协议包括计划在两年内将位于巴士拉的拉塔维油田的石油日产能提高到12万桶，然后在以后四年内提高到21万桶。

李峻 编译自 路透社

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Iraq, TotalEnergies Sign $27 Billion Oil, Gas, Renewables Deal

Iraq and French oil major TotalEnergies on Monday signed a long-delayed $27 billion energy deal that aims to increase oil production and boost the country's capacity to produce energy with four oil, gas and renewables projects.

Initially signed in 2021, the deal has faced delays amid disputes between Iraqi politicians over the terms but was finally closed in April when Iraq agreed to take a smaller than initially demanded stake in the project of 30%.

TotalEnergies Chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanne signed the agreement with Iraqi oil minister Hayan Abdel-Ghani at a ceremony in Baghdad, with Pouyanne calling it a "historic day".

He said the project would break ground this summer and would see an investment of $10 billion over the next four years.

"This is the starting day, and we'll deliver the projects in the next four years for the benefit of everybody in Iraq," he said.

The Gas Growth Integrated Project (GGIP) aims to improve the country's electricity supply, including by recovering flared gas at three oilfields and using the gas to supply power plants, helping to reduce Iraq's import bill.

TotalEnergies said it would also develop a 1 GW solar power plant to supply electricity to the Basra regional grid, inviting Saudi company ACWA Power to join the project.

"It is the real beginning of investment in renewable energy in Iraq," Abdel-Ghani said of the solar project.

The GGIP includes a treatment plant that will enable drought-stricken Iraq to use seawater in the water-intensive oil production process instead of limited freshwater from rivers and marshes.

Iraq hopes the project will attract fresh foreign investment into its energy sector that has not been forthcoming since a flurry of post deals over a decade ago.

"I hope that this will be a strong signal to other investors to come to Iraq," Pouyanne said.

Exxon Mobil, Shell and BP have all scaled back their operations in Iraq in recent years, contributing to a stagnation in oil production.

Iraq's oil production capacity has remained at around 5 million barrels per day in recent years.

Yet at one time there had been hopes of rivalling top producer Saudi Arabia with its output of 12 million bpd, more than a tenth of global demand.

The newly inked deal includes plans to up oil production capacity at Basra's Ratawi field to 120,000 barrels per day (bpd) in two years and then to 210,000 bpd within four years, Pouyanne said.