外媒：美国盯上了石油……
双语君约 4 分钟当地时间1月3日，美国总统特朗普就美国对委内瑞拉的军事行动举行新闻发布会。
期间表示：将让美国大型石油公司进入委内瑞拉，投入数十亿美元，修复严重破损的基础设施，尤其是石油基础设施，并开始创造收益。此番表态引发外界广泛关注。
外媒纷纷纷纷表示，美国针对委内瑞拉石油储备的意图太过明显：
哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）：美国欲在对委内瑞拉发动军事打击后获取其丰富的石油储备。
《华尔街日报》：特朗普欲打开委内瑞拉的石油储备之门，一个巨大的挑战在等着他。
Administration officials have told oil executives in recent weeks that if they want compensation for their rigs, pipelines and other seized property, then they must be prepared to go back into Venezuela now and invest heavily in reviving its shattered petroleum industry, two people familiar with the administration’s outreach told POLITICO on Saturday.
最近几周，政府官员曾告知美国石油企业负责人，如果他们想要获得（委内瑞拉石油国有化后）对油井、管道及其他被扣押资产的赔偿，那他们就必须准备好立即返回委内瑞拉，并大力投资，重振该国受损的石油产业。两位了解政府外联工作的人士向《政治》杂志透露。
The outlook for Venezuela’s shattered oil infrastructure is one of the major questions following the US military action that captured leader Nicolás Maduro.
美国军事行动扣押了领导人马杜罗之后，委内瑞拉石油基础设施堪忧的状况将成为美国的麻烦。
“They’re saying, ‘you gotta go in if you want to play and get reimbursed,’” said one industry official familiar with the conversations.
一位石油相关官员表示：“他们说，‘如果你想得到补偿，那你就得去（委内瑞拉）。’”
The offer has been on the table for the last 10 days, the person said. “But the infrastructure currently there is so dilapidated that no one at these companies can adequately assess what is needed to make it operable.”
这项提议已经酝酿了十天之久，该人士表示。“但目前那里的基础设施状况相当破败，这些公司里没有人能够准确评估出要使其正常运转所需的具体条件。”
美国前总统小布什的国家安全和能源顾问鲍勃·麦克纳利（Bob McNally）表示，美国政府至今没有公布长期计划，甚至不清楚是否有长期计划。
The administration has so far not laid out what its long-term plan looks like, or even if it has one, said Bob McNally, a former national security and energy adviser to former president George W. Bush who now leads the energy and geopolitics consulting firm Rapidan Energy Group.
白宫并未立即回应有关其针对石油行业计划的问题，但特朗普在周六于佛罗里达州马阿拉戈庄园的露台上发表讲话时表示，他预期石油公司会进行这笔初始投资，“有人会给他们报销”。
“We’re going to rebuild the oil infrastructure, which requires billions of dollars that will be paid for by the oil companies directly,” Trump said. “They will be reimbursed for what they’re doing, but it’s going to be paid, and we’re going to get the oil flowing.”
特朗普表示：“我们将重建石油基础设施，这需要数十亿美元的资金，这些资金将由石油公司直接支付。这笔钱会给他们报销，有人会付这笔钱，我们将会让石油流动起来的。”
编辑：李雪晴
来源：政客杂志 哥伦比亚广播公司 华尔街日报
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