一家加拿大石油生产商正在不列颠哥伦比亚省北部海岸提议建设一个新的港口，旨在每天运输多达25万桶原油；这一计划需要获得联邦政府对于油轮运输禁令的豁免。
A Canadian oil producer is pitching a new port on the northern British Columbia coast to ship as much as 250,000 barrels a day of crude, a proposal that requires an exemption to a federal tanker ban.
该公司董事长亚当·沃特罗斯（Adam Waterous）表示，Strathcona Resources Ltd. 计划最早将于下周与马克·卡尼（Mark Carney）总理领导的政府联系，提出通过铁路将原油运送到不列颠哥伦比亚省鲁珀特王子城（Prince Rupert）尚未建成的石油出口码头。
Strathcona Resources Ltd. plans to reach out to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government as early as next week with a plan to ship crude by rail to a yet-to-be-built oil export terminal in Prince Rupert, BC, said Adam Waterous, the company’s chairman.
从不列颠哥伦比亚省北部海岸出口原油的做法一直存在争议，许多沿海原住民社区、环保组织以及不列颠哥伦比亚省省长戴维·埃比（David Eby）都对此表示反对。前总理贾斯汀·特鲁多（Justin Trudeau）于2019年实施了这一禁令。
Oil exports off the northern BC coast are controversial and opposed by many coastal Indigenous communities, environmental groups and BC Premier David Eby. Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau implemented the moratorium in 2019.
沃特罗斯认为，这一铁路运输计划有助于实现卡尼提出的目标——增加对美国以外市场的原油出口（目前美国占加拿大原油出口总量的90%）。在特朗普政府发动贸易战并对许多加拿大产品征收关税后，卡尼希望减少加拿大对美国的依赖。
Waterous is pitching the rail plan as a way to accelerate Carney’s goal of increasing crude shipments to customers other than the US, which takes about 90% of Canada’s oil exports. The prime minister is seeking to reduce Canada’s dependence on its southern neighbor after the Trump administration launched a trade war and imposed tariffs on many Canadian exports.
沃特罗斯在接受采访时说：“这一计划对加拿大来说具有重大意义：我们有望在两年内实现每天运输25万桶原油的目标，从而加快向亚洲市场出口原油的进程。”
“Why this is quite transformational for the country is we think that we could be shipping a quarter of a million barrels a day in under two years,” he said in an interview. “It accelerates the timeline” for exporting more oil to Asia, he said.
去年，卡尼表示愿意“调整”现有的油轮运输禁令，为计划中的新输油管道（该管道每天可运输100万桶原油，从阿尔伯塔省延伸至不列颠哥伦比亚省海岸）腾出空间；这一计划是双方与阿尔伯塔省政府签署的谅解备忘录的一部分。
Last year, Carney said he was open to “adjusting” the tanker ban to make room for a planned new million-barrel-a-day oil pipeline running from Alberta to the BC coast as part of a memorandum of understanding with Alberta’s government.
沃特罗斯补充道：“根据最初的谅解备忘录，联邦政府已经批准在鲁珀特王子城实施油轮运输豁免措施。我认为有机会与当地原住民社区合作，共同推进这一项目的实施。”今年7月，卡尼决定授权国有企业Trans Mountain Corp.负责建设这条通往不列颠哥伦比亚省南部温哥华地区的输油管道，同时继续维持原有的油轮运输禁令。
“The federal government already crossed the Rubicon of a tanker exemption at Prince Rupert as part of the original MOU,” Waterous said. “I think there is an opportunity to partner with local Indigenous communities to be able to advance the project.”Carney in July decided to commission the state-owned Trans Mountain Corp. to build the new pipeline to the Vancouver area in southern BC and maintain the tanker ban.
这条输油管道要到2030年代初或中期才能投入使用。相比之下，Waterous表示，位于普林斯鲁珀特（Prince Rupert）的新石油码头预计将在两年内开始运营。
That pipeline won’t be operating before the early to mid-2030s. By contrast, Waterous said exports off a new oil terminal in Prince Rupert could start within two years.
他说，这些原油将由Strathcona公司及其他公司生产，随后通过油轮运往亚洲等需求旺盛的地区进行销售。
The oil would include crude produced by Strathcona and other companies for export by tankers to refineries in high-demand Asian countries, he said.
Waterous指出，这家加拿大油砂生产商已经通过近年来在萨斯喀彻温省哈姆林（Hamlin）和阿尔伯塔省哈迪斯蒂（Hardisty）收购的铁路码头，每天向美国墨西哥湾沿岸运输多达8万桶的原油（这些原油既包括该公司自己的产品，也包括其他公司的原油）。
The Canadian oil sands producer already ships as much as 80,000 barrels a day of its own and other companies’ crude south to the US Gulf Coast via rail terminals Strathcona acquired in recent years in Hamlin, Saskatchewan, and Hardisty, Alberta, Waterous said.
自收购这些码头以来，该公司一直希望利用加拿大国家铁路公司（Canadian National Railway Co.）的运输网络将原油出口到不列颠哥伦比亚省（BC省）沿海地区。
The company has hoped to export oil on the Canadian National Railway Co. system to the BC coast since purchasing the terminals.
Waterous表示，他之所以现在提出这个项目，是因为阿尔伯塔省的选民已经否决了该省独立的可能性。“既然公投已经结束，现在确实迎来了新的机会。”他说。
Waterous said he was proposing the project now in the wake of Alberta voters rejecting the possibility of the province separating. “There is an opportunity now that the referendum is behind us,” he said.
他提到，普林斯鲁珀特本身就具备建设原油出口码头所需的大部分基础设施——因为该港口已经可以通过铁路接收丙烷，而丙烷随后也会通过现有的码头被出口出去。
Prince Rupert already includes much of the infrastructure needed for a crude export terminal since the port receives propane by rail, which is then exported off an existing terminal, he said.
Waterous还表示，新的石油出口码头将能够容纳世界上最大的油轮（这些油轮的日运载量可超过100万桶）。他同时表示，通过与原住民的谈判和合作，有望克服他们可能提出的反对意见。
The possible new oil export terminal would be able to receive the world’s largest oil tankers that carry more than a million barrels a day, Waterous said, adding that Indigenous opposition might be overcome through negotiations and partnerships.
“还有很多工作要做，需要解决许多问题，还需要与当地社区进行广泛的沟通与协作，”他说，“不过从经济角度来看，这个项目的可行性是非常高的。”
“There is much work to be done, a lot of wood to chop, a lot of community engagement to advance,” he said. “The economics could be very compelling.”