马尼拉讯——菲律宾、印尼和泰国的企业周六签署协议，探讨在紧急情况下动用石油产品储备的安排。
MANILA -- Companies from the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand on Saturday signed deals to explore arrangements for tapping reserves of petroleum products in emergencies.
菲律宾国有的PNOC勘探公司在东盟工商与投资峰会期间，分别与印尼PT Interport Mandiri Utama公司和泰国壳牌公司签署了意向书。东盟工商与投资峰会在东盟峰会开幕前一天拉开帷幕。
The Philippines' state-owned PNOC Exploration Corp. signed letters of intent with PT Interport Mandiri Utama and Shell Co. of Thailand on the sidelines of the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, which opened a day ahead of the ASEAN Summit.
这一努力由东亚与东盟经济研究所（ERIA）牵头，该机构是一个由日本主导、总部设在印尼的国际组织。ERIA和印尼商业理事会也签署了初步协议。
The effort is being spearheaded by the Economic Research Institute for East Asia and ASEAN (ERIA), a Japan-led international organization established in Indonesia. ERIA and the Indonesian Business Council also signed the preliminary agreements.
各公司将探索一种“票据安排”，允许菲律宾方面购买储存在他国油罐中的石油产品。
The companies will explore a ticketing arrangement that allows the Philippine side to buy petroleum stored in the other countries' tanks.
这将使菲律宾企业在紧急情况下，优先获得储存在泰国和印尼设施中的柴油等燃料。
This would give Philippine companies priority access to diesel and other fuel stored in facilities in Thailand and Indonesia in times of emergency.
东盟没有联合石油储备。伊朗战争引发的能源市场动荡，给依赖中东原油进口的菲律宾等国家带来了不确定性。
ASEAN does not have a joint petroleum reserve. The energy market disruption caused by the war in Iran has created uncertainty for countries like the Philippines that rely on Middle Eastern crude oil imports.