【无良原创翻译】《印度斯坦时报》：印度在南海退了一步

India one step back in South China Sea

印度在南海退了一步

Anupama Airy and Jayanth Jacob, Hindustan TimesNew Delhi, April 24, 2012

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/India-one-step-back-in-South-China-Sea/Article1-845201.aspx#disqus_thread

State-owned ONGC is caught in the middle of a logjam preventing it from exiting a dry block in the disputed waters of the South China Sea.

国有的ONGC（石油天然气集团）陷在了无法从一个充满纠纷的南中国海的不能开采区域中退出的僵局。

The global arm of ONGC - ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) that
has been carrying out exploration work in the deep-water offshore in the South China Sea - has written to the petroleum ministry, expressing its intent to relinquish the block.

ONGC的国际分部——ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL)负责在南中国海进行离岸深水勘探——已经向石油部写报告要求退出该地区。
Reason: repeated attempts to drill wells in this block failed due to the hard seabed in the area.

原因：反复在此地区钻井的努力全因为海底岩过硬而失败了。

But as these blocks are of strategic importance and as exploration by OVL led to a face-off between India and China last year - reported first by HT - New Delhi does not want ONGC to stage a "sudden exit" from the block at this stage.

但是那些地区有战略上的意义，去年中印就因为OVL的勘探纠纷闹了一场——新德里不想ONGC如此之快就从这个地区“突然退出”。


"If ONGC moves out of Block 128, India may be seen as bowing to the pressures from Beijing that has been terming the exploration activities by India as 'illegal'," said a senior government official.

“如果ONGC就此退出128号地区，会被外界认为印度向北京指责勘探行为“非法”的压力低头，”某个高级政府官员如此说。

OVL has already moved out of another exploration block last year citing similar reasons.

OVL去年因为同一原因退出了另外一块区域。

The ministry said in a letter to the ministry of external affairs on April 10: "OVL's decision to initiate relinquishment process is based purely on techno-commercial considerations."

石油部在4月10日给外交部的一份文件中说：“OVL的退出决定完全是商业和技术上的。”

An ONGC official said, "This is not the end of India's presence in the South China Sea. OVL has an agreement withVietnam's national oil company PetroVietnam to jointly explore for more oil and gas in the area."

某个ONGC的官员说：“这并不是印度在南中国海存在的结束。OVL和越南国家石油公司有些定共同勘探此一地区的油汽资源。”

OVL also has a 45% stake in an offshore block situated on the southern Vietnamese coast - which is not in the disputed waters - with BP and PetroVietnam as partners.

OVL拥有越南南部海岸外某块区域的45%的权益——不是在有纠纷的区域——英国石油（BP）和越南石油（PetroVietnam)作为合作伙伴。

Some fields in this block have been producing gas since 2003 and OVL is developing more wells in this block to step up gas production.

此一地区某些井自从2003年就开始生产天然气，OVL计划在此地区开更多的井来加大天然气的生产量。

New Delhi has been maintaining that the blocks that have been claimed by China in the South China Sea belonged to Vietnam and the Chinese claim has no "legal basis".

新德里一直声称中国在该地区的权利要求是“缺少法理支持”的，那些地区是越南的。”

What's more, India has taken the stance that it supports the freedom of navigation in the South China Sea under the 2002 declaration of conduct in the South China Sea.

更进一步，印度声称支持2002年《南中国海行为准则》中的航行自由权。

If the government agrees on the exit strategy, there is the possibility of a temporary truce with China. But since India and Vietnam has decided to strengthen energy cooperation last year, the tussle over the South China Sea will not be over soon.

如果政府决定退出，那有可能和中国有短暂的和平。但是自从印度和越南去年决定和加强能源合作以来，南中国海的摩擦就不会少。

"Let it be very clear. We have said it in the past and we are saying it again. Our cooperation with Vietnam or with any other country is always based on international laws, norms and conventions," a government official explained.

“这件事很清楚。我们过去说过现在再重申。我们和越南和其他国家的合作都是在国际法和公约的基础上的，”某个政府官员说。India one step back in South China Sea

印度在南海退了一步

Anupama Airy and Jayanth Jacob, Hindustan TimesNew Delhi, April 24, 2012

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/India-one-step-back-in-South-China-Sea/Article1-845201.aspx#disqus_thread

State-owned ONGC is caught in the middle of a logjam preventing it from exiting a dry block in the disputed waters of the South China Sea.

国有的ONGC（石油天然气集团）陷在了无法从一个充满纠纷的南中国海的不能开采区域中退出的僵局。

The global arm of ONGC - ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) that
has been carrying out exploration work in the deep-water offshore in the South China Sea - has written to the petroleum ministry, expressing its intent to relinquish the block.

ONGC的国际分部——ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL)负责在南中国海进行离岸深水勘探——已经向石油部写报告要求退出该地区。
Reason: repeated attempts to drill wells in this block failed due to the hard seabed in the area.

原因：反复在此地区钻井的努力全因为海底岩过硬而失败了。

But as these blocks are of strategic importance and as exploration by OVL led to a face-off between India and China last year - reported first by HT - New Delhi does not want ONGC to stage a "sudden exit" from the block at this stage.

但是那些地区有战略上的意义，去年中印就因为OVL的勘探纠纷闹了一场——新德里不想ONGC如此之快就从这个地区“突然退出”。


"If ONGC moves out of Block 128, India may be seen as bowing to the pressures from Beijing that has been terming the exploration activities by India as 'illegal'," said a senior government official.

“如果ONGC就此退出128号地区，会被外界认为印度向北京指责勘探行为“非法”的压力低头，”某个高级政府官员如此说。

OVL has already moved out of another exploration block last year citing similar reasons.

OVL去年因为同一原因退出了另外一块区域。

The ministry said in a letter to the ministry of external affairs on April 10: "OVL's decision to initiate relinquishment process is based purely on techno-commercial considerations."

石油部在4月10日给外交部的一份文件中说：“OVL的退出决定完全是商业和技术上的。”

An ONGC official said, "This is not the end of India's presence in the South China Sea. OVL has an agreement withVietnam's national oil company PetroVietnam to jointly explore for more oil and gas in the area."

某个ONGC的官员说：“这并不是印度在南中国海存在的结束。OVL和越南国家石油公司有些定共同勘探此一地区的油汽资源。”

OVL also has a 45% stake in an offshore block situated on the southern Vietnamese coast - which is not in the disputed waters - with BP and PetroVietnam as partners.

OVL拥有越南南部海岸外某块区域的45%的权益——不是在有纠纷的区域——英国石油（BP）和越南石油（PetroVietnam)作为合作伙伴。

Some fields in this block have been producing gas since 2003 and OVL is developing more wells in this block to step up gas production.

此一地区某些井自从2003年就开始生产天然气，OVL计划在此地区开更多的井来加大天然气的生产量。

New Delhi has been maintaining that the blocks that have been claimed by China in the South China Sea belonged to Vietnam and the Chinese claim has no "legal basis".

新德里一直声称中国在该地区的权利要求是“缺少法理支持”的，那些地区是越南的。”

What's more, India has taken the stance that it supports the freedom of navigation in the South China Sea under the 2002 declaration of conduct in the South China Sea.

更进一步，印度声称支持2002年《南中国海行为准则》中的航行自由权。

If the government agrees on the exit strategy, there is the possibility of a temporary truce with China. But since India and Vietnam has decided to strengthen energy cooperation last year, the tussle over the South China Sea will not be over soon.

如果政府决定退出，那有可能和中国有短暂的和平。但是自从印度和越南去年决定和加强能源合作以来，南中国海的摩擦就不会少。

"Let it be very clear. We have said it in the past and we are saying it again. Our cooperation with Vietnam or with any other country is always based on international laws, norms and conventions," a government official explained.

“这件事很清楚。我们过去说过现在再重申。我们和越南和其他国家的合作都是在国际法和公约的基础上的，”某个政府官员说。