仰光 -- 缅甸一座长期闲置的炼油厂时隔近十年首次重新投入运营，作为减少对进口汽油和喷气燃料依赖的一项举措。
YANGON -- A long-dormant refinery in Myanmar is up and running again for the first time in nearly a decade as part of a push to reduce dependence on imported gasoline and jet fuel.
仰光附近的仰光油炼厂第一阶段于周三开始商业运营。该重建项目的第二阶段计划于2028年完成。
The first phase of the Thanlyin Oil Refinery began commercial operations Wednesday near Yangon, the Southeast Asian nation's largest city. The second phase of the redevelopment project is slated to wrap up in 2028.
完工后，仰光油炼厂预计日处理原油能力将超过6万桶，可满足缅甸国内需求的一半左右。
When completed, the Thanlyin refinery is expected to have the capacity to process more than 60,000 barrels of crude oil a day, meeting roughly half of Myanmar's domestic demand.
第一阶段标志着“重建国内石油工业的重要一步”，缅甸总统敏昂莱在周三的开幕仪式上表示。他还表示，应优先确保足够的原油供应。
The first phase marks "an important step toward rebuilding the domestic oil industry," President Min Aung Hlaing said at Wednesday's opening ceremony. Priority should be given to securing sufficient supplies of crude oil, he said.
仰光油炼厂因盈利能力和供应问题，于2017年停止运营。根据私营智库ISP-Myanmar的数据，新加坡在2023年提供了缅甸约68%的燃料进口，马来西亚则提供了约20%。
The Thanlyin refinery halted operations in 2017 over problems with profitability and supplies. Singapore supplied about 68% of Myanmar's fuel imports in 2023, and Malaysia around 20%, according to private-sector think tank ISP-Myanmar.
该炼厂的生产将从喷气燃料、柴油和低等级汽油开始，随后逐步扩大至包括汽车用汽油。缅甸中部一家石化厂的另一座炼油厂也正在进行升级。
Production at the refinery will begin with jet fuel, diesel and low-grade gasoline, then gradually expand to include gasoline for automobiles. Another refinery at a petrochemical plant in central Myanmar is also getting an upgrade.
中国企业通过收购油田股权并支持提升老油田产能的项目，正在增加在缅甸石油领域的存在。俄罗斯和中东石油生产国也认为，鉴于缅甸具有显著的经济增长潜力，其在长期内是原油的有前景市场。
Chinese companies are increasing their presence in Myanmar's petroleum sector by acquiring interests in oil fields and supporting projects to increase production at aging oil fields. Russia and Middle Eastern oil producers also see Myanmar as a promising market for crude in the long term, given the nation's significant economic growth potential.
燃料进口因此成为缅甸的一大财政负担，该国正面临国内货币疲软和外汇短缺的问题。
Fuel imports have thus become a significant financial burden for Myanmar, which suffers from domestic currency weakness and shortages of foreign currency.
目前，普通汽油的售价约为每升4600缅元（约合1美元），这一价格大约是伊朗战争爆发前2月中旬的两倍。
Regular gasoline now sells for roughly 4,600 kyat per liter (a street value of about $1) -- about double the value in mid-February, before the start of the Iran war.