中国石化新闻网讯 据道琼斯新德里6月25日消息，印度联邦内阁周三将上调国家管制的天然气价格决定推迟三个月，此举或将令天然气勘探商们感到失望，因为天然气勘探商们一直在要求上调天然气价格以帮助刺激产量增加。
这已经是印度第二次推迟天然气价格上调的决定。
去年，一个专家小组建议将天然气价格从4.2美元/百万英热单位上调至约8美元/百万英热单位。印度前政府已经接受了该提议，并批准从4月1日起开始执行。但是在印度上月结束的国家大选前，印度选举监管机构要求推迟天然气价格上调时间，因为担心天然气价格上调可能会影响到选举的正常进行。
印度天然气勘探企业曾寄希望于新政府将实施延期已久的价格上调计划。
唐绍红摘译自道琼斯
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.
