中國石化新聞網訊 據道瓊斯新德里6月25日消息，印度聯邦內閣周三將上調國家管制的天然氣價格決定推遲三個月，此舉或將令天然氣勘探商們感到失望，因為天然氣勘探商們一直在要求上調天然氣價格以幫助刺激產量增加。

這已經是印度第二次推遲天然氣價格上調的決定。

去年，一個專家小組建議將天然氣價格從4.2美元/百萬英熱單位上調至約8美元/百萬英熱單位。印度前政府已經接受了該提議，并批準從4月1日起開始執行。但是在印度上月結束的國家大選前，印度選舉監管機構要求推遲天然氣價格上調時間，因為擔心天然氣價格上調可能會影響到選舉的正常進行。

印度天然氣勘探企業曾寄希望于新政府將實施延期已久的價格上調計劃。

唐紹紅摘譯自道瓊斯

原文如下：

DJ India Defers Decision On Raising Gas Prices By 3 Months

By Saurabh Chaturvedi and Prasanta Sahu

NEW DELHI--India's federal cabinet Wednesday deferred a decision to raise state-mandated prices of natural gas by three months, a move that is likely to disappoint explorers who have been demanding an increase to help boost production.

This is the second time that the price increase has been deferred.

Last year, an expert panel had recommended raising gas prices to roughly $8 per million metric British Thermal units from $4.20 mmBtu. India's previous government had accepted the recommendation and approved the increase from April 1. But it had to put-off the price increase on the direction of the country's election regulator ahead of national elections that ended last month.