路透社：中国宣布正在就油气开采争议与日方沟通

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【原文标题】China says talking to Japan amid gas drilling spat

【来源网址】http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKPEK928120090106

【原文】

China says talking to Japan amid gas drilling spat

BEIJING, Jan 6 (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday it was in touch with Japan about an on-going dispute over Chinese gas drilling in the East China Sea, but urged Tokyo not to distort an agreement reached last year.

Japan's foreign minister said on Monday Tokyo had protested over Chinese gas drilling in a disputed field, which it called regrettable, and urged Beijing to resume talks quickly

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said the two sides were talking.

"China and Japan are still keeping in communication and in contact," he told a regular news briefing.

Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone said China had been drilling in violation of a June 2008 agreement with Japan and that Tokyo had protested as soon as it became aware. He did not specify when this happened.

In a deal touted as a breakthrough after years of recriminations, China and Japan agreed last June to jointly develop gas fields and share profits in disputed areas of the East China Sea.

Qin said China hoped Japan would stick to the agreement.

"We hope the Japanese side will not distort the principle consensus we have reached," he said.

Estimated net known reserves in the disputed fields are a modest 92 million barrels of oil equivalent, but both countries have pursued the issue because there may be larger hidden reserves.

A Japanese newspaper report said at the weekend that the Chinese drilling had been discovered at the Tianwaitian field.

Chinese operator CNOOC LTD said in April 2007 it had begun producing gas at the Tianwaitian field despite objections from Japan.

The field's output in 2007 was equivalent to a relatively modest 4 million cubic feet per day, according to state-controlled CNOOC.

But an industry source said in June the actual output was running at 500,000 cubic metres a day (17.76 million cubic feet). (Reporting by Liu Zhen and Ben Blanchard; Editing by Nick Macfie)

【译文】

中国宣布正在就油气开采争议与日方沟通

    一月六号北京报道——中国在周二宣布中国正在和日本就中国东海油田开采的争议展开接触，但是强调日方不要曲解去年两国达成的协议。

    日本外长周一在东京说，日本已经就中国气田开采表达了抗议，日方表达了一种“遗憾”的心情，敦促中国重开谈判。

    中国外交部发言人秦刚说，两国在沟通。他在一个例行新闻发布会上说：“中国和日本仍然在保持接触和沟通”。

    日本外相中曾根弘文说，中国违反了去年和日本的协议，继续开采油田，日方在第一时间表达了抗议。他没有特别指出这是什么时候发生的。

    在多年的争吵之后，中国和日本去年达成了协议，共同开发在东海有争议的油田，平分利润。

    秦说中国希望日方遵照协议。

   “我们希望日方不要曲解我们达成的原则共识”，他说。

    据估计争议油田的探明储量相当于9200万桶原油，但是两国都在继续这一议题，因为可能还有未发现的储量。

    日本一家报纸本周报道说，在天外天油田发现中国的钻井。

    中国中海油在07年4月宣布，天外天油田已经开始产气，尽管面临日本的反对。

     2007年该油田的产量大约是每天400万立方英尺，根据国有的中海油的说法。

    但是在六月一位业内人士说，实际的产量为每天50万立方米（1776万立方英尺）。

（刘振（音），本·布兰查得报道，尼克·迈克菲编辑。）