据能源世界网1月28日新德里报道，印度正在探索在俄罗斯北极地区化石燃料和能源部门其他领域进行重大投资的可能性，这是可再生能源和不可再生能源的新全球来源。
据知情人士透露，印度目前在俄罗斯的石油和天然气项目投资达150亿美元，其正在扩大在俄罗斯国家石油公司Rosneft在北极开发的新石油项目中的业务。
印度驻莫斯科大使最近在俄罗斯首都为当地媒体举行的简报会上暗示，印度在北极地区的利益日益增长。
印度驻莫斯科大使最近在俄罗斯首都为当地媒体举行的简报会上暗示，印度在北极地区日益增长的利益。
据消息人士表示，双方目前正在就这个问题进行讨论。印度最近发布的北极政策草案暗示，印度在俄罗斯北极地区的影响力将不断增加。该国表示，该地区蕴藏着“矿藏-铜、磷、铌、铂族元素和稀土”。
印度还正在探索利用来自俄罗斯和其他国家/地区管辖的北极地区的可再生能源的方法，这些可再生能源包括水电，生物能源，风电，太阳能，地热能和海洋能。
冰岛前总统奥拉夫·拉格纳·格里姆松(Olafur Ragnar Grimsson)去年在一次演讲中说，印度对北极“遥远的地方”的兴趣是合理的，因为“印度的未来在很大程度上将由北极决定，北极的未来也将由印度和其他亚洲国家的情况决定”。
他指出北极地区“能源和海洋资源极其丰富”，他说“现在俄罗斯出口收入的20％以上来自俄罗斯北极地区”。
俄罗斯最近不仅建立了北极部，而且还建立了远东和北极的联合部委。有从俄罗斯到欧洲的天然气管道，但最近已修建了一条从俄罗斯北极地区一直到亚洲的8,500公里的管道。
印度的政策草案强调，北极地区的无冰条件导致了新航运路线的开通，从而降低了成本，重塑了全球贸易。其表示，印度寻求参与环境监测研究，以评估未来可能穿越这条航线的船舶的预计排放量。
据知情人士透露，印度希望使用北海航线（俄罗斯北极地区的主要海路进行运输），这将减少在印度太平洋地区运输货物所需的时间。
俄罗斯运输部预测，北海路线的货物周转量将大大增加。这条路线横跨北冰洋(卡拉、拉普特夫、东西伯利亚和楚科特卡)和部分太平洋(白令海)。从卡拉门到普罗维登斯湾的北海航线长约5,600公里。圣彼得堡到北海沿线符拉迪沃斯托克的距离超过14,000公里，而苏伊士运河覆盖的距离超过23,000公里。
俄罗斯正在寻求在西伯利亚开发大型Vostok石油项目，其中包括Vankor和Payakha群集，其资源量估计为440亿桶。该项目位于俄罗斯的遥远北部，包括Vankor群集、Zapadno-irkinsky区块、Payakhskaya油田群和东泰米尔群集。所有这些集群都靠近Rosneft想要用来将石油运往欧洲和亚洲的北海航线。
同时，印度和俄罗斯正在加快恢复钦奈-符拉迪沃斯托克航运联系，作为他们在印太地区的伙伴关系的一部分。
郝芬 译自 能源世界网
原文如下:
India explores major investments in hydrocarbons & renewables in Russian Arctic region
India is exploring the possibility of major investments in fossil fuels and other areas of the energy sector in Russia’s Arctic region, which is a new global source for both renewables and non-renewables.
India’s current investment in Russia stands at $15 billion in oil and gas projects and it is looking to expand its presence in the new oil project being developed by the Russian national oil company Rosneft in the Arctic, according to people aware of the matter.
The Indian Ambassador to Moscow hinted in a recent briefing for local media in the Russian capital at India’s growing interests in the Arctic region.
The two sides are currently holding discussions on the issue, said the people. India’s recently released draft Arctic policy hinted at increasing presence in Russia’s Arctic region. It said the region contains reserves of “mineral deposits – copper, phosphorus, niobium, platinum-group elements and rare earth”.
India is also exploring ways to harness renewables – hydroelectricity, bioenergy, wind power, solar, geothermal, and ocean energy – from Arctic regions under the jurisdiction of Russia and other countries.
Former president of Iceland, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, had said in a lecture last year that India’s interest in a “faraway place”, the Arctic, was justified because “the future of India, will be, to a large extent, determined by the Arctic and the future of the Arctic will also be determined by what takes place in India and other Asian countries”.
Pointing out that the Arctic is “extraordinarily rich in energy resources and ocean resources”, he had said that “over 20% of Russian exports earning now come from the Russian Arctic”.
Russia recently put in place a ministry not just of the Arctic but the combined ministry of the Far East and the Arctic. There are gas pipelines from Russia to Europe but recently an 8,500-kilometre pipeline has been constructed from the Russian Arctic all the way down to Asia.
India’s draft policy highlighted that ice-free conditions in the Arctic were resulting in the opening of new shipping routes, thereby lowering costs and reshaping global trade. It said India seeks to participate in the environmental monitoring study to evaluate the predicted emissions of ships likely to traverse this route in the future.
India is hoping to use the Northern Sea Route – the main sea route in the Russian Arctic for transportation – which will reduce time taken for transportation of cargo in the Indo-Pacific region, said people aware of the matter.
The Russian ministry of transport forecasts that cargo turnover along the Northern Sea Route will grow significantly. The route crosses seas of the Arctic Ocean (Kara, Laptev, East Siberian and Chukotka) and partially the Pacific Ocean (the Bering Sea). The Northern Sea Route from the Kara Gate to the Providence Bay is about 5,600 km long. The distance between St. Petersburg to Vladivostok along the Northern Sea Route is more than 14,000 km while the distance vessels have to cover by the Suez Canal is more than 23,000 km.
Russia is looking to develop the Vostok Oil mega project in Siberia, which includes the Vankor and Payakha clusters and has resources estimated at 44 billion barrels. The project, in Russia’s Far North, includes the Vankor cluster, the Zapadno-Irkinsky block, the Payakhskaya group of fields and the East Taimyr cluster. All those clusters are close to the Northern Sea Route that Rosneft wants to use to ship oil to Europe and Asia.
Simultaneously, India and Russia are expediting the revival of Chennai-Vladivostok shipping link as part of their partnership in the Indo-Pacific region.
