据i24NEWS新闻网11月25日报道，以色列当地媒体在周六报道中表示以色列已经与希腊、意大利和塞浦路斯达成协议，计划在未来5年内耗资近80亿美元，建设长达2000公里（1200英里）的天然气供应水下管道。
据以色列电视新闻频道Hadashot称，这个特大工程将建成世界最长、最深的水下天然气管道，欧盟已投入1亿美元用于项目建设的可行性研究。
以色列的自然资源有限，但近年来在其沿海发现了多个天然气田，目前正在建设开发气田所需的基础设施。
以色列希望其天然气储备不仅能实现本国的能源自给，同时能够满足向欧洲供应的需求，这将有利于以色列与欧洲地区建立战略关系。根据Hadashot的报道，以色列和塞浦路斯将优先考虑向欧洲出口天然气。
能源部长尤瓦·斯坦尼兹（Yuval Steinitz）对Hadashot表示，这也可能缓和阿拉伯国家对欧洲的影响。
“几十年来，我们一直抱怨阿拉伯国家对欧洲石油和天然气的影响。向欧洲出口天然气将在一定程度上缓和这种影响，并制衡阿拉伯国家的力量，”他说道。
邻国埃及也在寻求利用其新近开发的巨大的海底天然气储备，使本国成为重要的能源出口国，并重振其萎靡不振的经济。
受到在地中海发现巨大天然气田的鼓舞，开罗近几个月也与以色列、塞浦路斯和希腊签署了协议。
前石油部长奥萨马·卡迈勒（Osama Kamal）表示，埃及计划成为区域能源中心。
今年2月，埃及签署了从以色列的塔玛尔（Tamar）和利维坦（Leviathan）气田进口天然气的协议。埃及是除约旦外唯一与以色列达成和平协议的阿拉伯国家。
主导以色列海上天然气储备开发的美以财团今年9月宣布，将购买一条废弃管道的一部分用于输送天然气，这条管道连接了以色列沿海城市阿什克伦和北部的西奈半岛。
以色列曾从埃及购买天然气，但在2011年和2012年，输送管道的陆地部分多次成为西奈圣战分子的攻击目标，需求激增意味着埃及可以实现天然气自给自足。
徐晓眉 摘译自i24NEWS
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Israel reportedly closes $8B gas pipeline deal with Greece, Cyprus and Italy
Israel has reportedly closed an extensive deal with Greece, Italy, and Cyprus to supply natural gas via a 2,000 kilometer (1200 miles) underwater pipeline in a five-year long construction that is estimated to cost nearly eight billion dollars, local media reported The monumental project will be the longest and deepest underwater gas pipeline in the world and the European Union has already invested $100 million in a feasibility study for its construction, according to Israeli TV news channel Hadashot.
Israel has limited natural resources but in the past few years it has discovered major gas fields off its coast and is building the infrastructure needed to tap them.
Israel hopes its gas reserves will give the country energy independence and that becoming a supplier to Europe will forge strategic ties within the region. According to Hadashot's report, both Israel and Cyprus will receive priority in gas exports to Europe.
Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz also told Hadashot that it could also temper Arab influence in Europe.
“For decades, we have complained about the Arab influence in Europe due to oil and gas. The export of gas to Europe will moderate this influence to a certain extent and be a counterweight to Arab power,” he said.
Neighboring Egypt is also looking to use its vast, newly tapped undersea gasreserves to establish itself as a key energy exporter and revive its flagging economy.
Encouraged by the discovery of the Mediterranean gas fields, Cairo has in recent months signed deals with Israel, Cyprus and Greece as well.
Former oil minister Osama Kamal said Egypt has a "plan to become a regional energy hub."
In February, Egypt, the A US-Israeli consortium leading the development of Israel's offshore gas reserves in September announced it would buy part of a disused pipeline connecting the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon with the northern Sinai peninsula.
Israel had bought gas from Egypt but land sections of the pipeline were repeatedly targeted by Sinai jihadists in 2011 and 2012, and soaring demand meant Egypt could use the gas domestically.
