据油价网纽约报道，美国能源部长丹·布鲁耶特周四（12月17日）在访问希腊期间表示，美国支持东地中海管道项目，这个项目预计将把天然气从以色列海上气田经希腊和塞浦路斯输送到更大的欧洲市场。
路透社援引布鲁耶特的话报道说，“我们将继续与以色列、希腊和其他感兴趣的国家合作，以确保这个项目的基础设施的开发。”
已计划的东地中海管道预计将在2022年作出最终投资决定，这条管道预计将通过希腊和意大利向欧盟输送大约100亿立方米天然气。欧盟支持这个项目，将其作为减少对俄罗斯天然气进口依赖的一种手段。东地中海管道项目预计将满足欧盟估计天然气需求的大约10%至15%。
布鲁耶特周四在雅典发推特称，“希腊及其邻国正在通过一系列重大项目重新绘制东南欧的能源地图，比如最近完成的TAP管道项目，并在可再生能源、电子交通和风能方面取得进展。”
他补充说，“我们决心支持包括TAP管道、亚历山大波利浮式储存再气化、希腊-保加利亚互连管道(IGB)在内的项目以及希腊在东地中海天然气论坛中的作用。
另一条来自俄罗斯天然气多元化的途径——跨亚得里亚海管道已于11月开始商业运营。
关于东地中海管道项目，以色列、希腊和塞浦路斯今年早些时候签署了基础设施建设协议，目标是在2022年做出最终投资决定，并在2025年前完成管道建设。
李峻 编译自 油价网
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U.S. Backs EastMed Pipeline To Supply Gas To Europe
The United States supports the EastMed pipeline project that is expected to deliver natural gas from offshore Israel via Greece and Cyprus to the wider European market, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette said during a visit to Greece "We are going to continue to work with Israel, Greece and other interested parties to ensure that the infrastructure will be developed," Secretary Brouillette told reporters, as carried by Reuters.
The planned EastMed pipeline, for which a final investment decision is expected in 2022, is expected to deliver around 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas to the European Union (EU) through Greece and Italy. The EU backs the project as a means to diversify its natural gas imports away from Russia. The EastMed project is expected to meet some 10-15 percent of the EU's projected natural gas needs.
"Greece and its neighbors are redrawing the energy map of southeastern Europe through a variety of major projects like the recently completed TAP and making progress We are committed to supporting projects like TAP, Alexandroupoli FSRU, Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB), and Greece's role in East Med Gas Forum, Secretary Brouillette added.
TAP, the Trans Adriatic Pipeline, another route of diversification from Russian gas, started commercial operations last month.
For the EastMed pipeline project, Israel, Greece, and Cyprus signed early this year an agreement to build the infrastructure, aiming for a final investment decision in 2022 and for pipeline completion by 2025.