据管道&天然气杂志网9月6日布加勒斯特报道，日前，黑海石油天然气公司(BSOG)的首席执行官表示，尽管一项有争议的税收阻碍了其他项目，但该公司仍在努力成为首家开发罗马尼亚海上气田的公司，但如果继续征税，可能会影响其在罗马尼亚的运营。
该公司开采约100亿立方米天然气的项目将成为检验这个欧盟国家吸引投资者和开发其在黑海约2000亿立方米天然气的能力的试金石。
几家天然气生产商已花费数年和数十亿美元准备开发这些储量，但除了BSOG之外，所有其他生产商都在三年前搁置了最终投资决定，因为当时前任政府对海上项目征收额外税。
BSOG正在利用其现有的基础设施分析可再生能源项目，包括陆上太阳能和风力发电场以及一个海上试点绿色氢能发电厂。
该税阻碍了奥地利OMV控股的OMV Petrom等公司推进其深水项目，该公司在该深水项目发现了1.5-3万亿立方英尺的天然气，并导致埃克森美孚退出该项目。
俄罗斯卢克石油公司（Lukoil）和罗马尼亚国家生产商Romgaz也有一个单独的海上项目。
天然气生产商、能源监管机构和分析人士都表示，罗马尼亚需要推进海上天然气储量的开发，因为该国陆上气田正在减少，该国需要按照欧盟(EU)的目标逐步淘汰煤炭。
根据咨询公司普华永道罗马尼亚公司（PwC Romania）为石油和天然气雇主协会（oil and gas employers’association）进行的一项研究，罗马尼亚的海上天然气生产有效税率在相关欧洲国家中最高，为23%，比平均水平高出四倍多。
郝芬 译自 管道&天然气杂志网
原文如下：
Black Sea Oil & Gas Project a Litmus Test for Romanian Offshore Gas Investment
Black Sea Oil & Gas (BSOG) is pressing ahead to be the first company to tap Romania's offshore gas fields despite a disputed tax that has stymied other projects, but if the levy remains it could impact its operations in the country, its chief executive said.
The company's project to extract an estimated 10 billion cubic meters of gas will become a litmus test of the European Union state's ability to attract investors and tap its estimated 200 billion cubic meters in the Black Sea.
Several gas producers have spent years and billions of dollars preparing to tap those reserves, but all except BSOG put a final investment decision align="justify"> The start of production is not contingent align="justify"> The tax is preventing companies such as OMV Petrom, majority-controlled by Austria's OMV from moving forward with its deepwater project where it discovered 1.5-3 trillion cubic feet of gas, and contributed to Exxon Mobil's exit from it.
Russia's Lukoil and Romanian state producer Romgaz also had a separate offshore project.
Gas producers, the energy regulator and analysts have said Romania needs to press ahead with tapping offshore reserves as its align="justify"> Romania had the highest effective tax rate on offshore gas production among relevant European states at 23%, more than four times higher than average, according to a study by consultancy PwC Romania for the oil and gas employers' association.
