中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社12月7日报道，日本国家油气和金属矿产公司JOGMEC本周三表示已与世界顶级出口商沙特阿美签署了一份关于延长冲绳岛上原油存储至三年的协议。

JOGMEC公司在一份声明中表示，根据该协议,在未来的三年里，沙特阿美可以在位于日本大陆西南部的冲绳岛上存储多达100万千升(630万桶)原油。

现协议中的存储容量与早前签署的协议一样没有发生变化，上一个为期三年的协议将在这个月到期。日本方面方早前曾和沙特阿美讨论扩大冲绳原油储存约200万桶事宜。

一位JOGMEC公司官员声称，在新合同的三年里，根据日本政府的预算和油舱空间能容纳的情况，存储量可以继续上升。

作为提供免费存储空间的回报，日本在紧急情况下具有优先使用存储原油的权利。

沙特阿美公司在2011年2月开始在冲绳存储原油并利用这个设施向中国、日本和韩国供应原油。

戴菲妮 编译

原文如下：

Japan, Saudi Aramco extend Okinawa crude storage deal

Reuters

Dec7,2016

State-run Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp (JOGMEC) said it signed a contract with the world's top exporter Saudi Aramco on Wednesday to extend a crude oil storage deal on the island of Okinawa by three years.

Under the agreement, Saudi Aramco can store up to 1 million kilolitres (6.3 million barrels) of crude oil on the island southwest of mainland Japan for the next three years, JOGMEC said in a statement.

The volumes are unchanged from the previous three-year deal, which is expiring this month. Japan and Saudi Aramco had earlier been discussing expanding the Okinawa crude storage by about 2 million barrels.

The volumes could still rise during the three years of the new contract, depending on the Japanese government's budget and the availability of tank space, a JOGMEC official said.

In return for providing free storage space to Saudi Aramco, Japan gets a priority claim on the oil stocks in an emergency.

Saudi Aramco has stored crude in Okinawa since February 2011, and has used the facility to supply oil to China, Japan and South Korea among others.