中国援日燃油准备就绪

据新华社报道，中国最大的石油生产商中国石油天然气股份有限公司（简称中石油）于周二表示， 已备好两万吨燃油，待发日本，以支援日本地震救援工作。

这些燃烧包括一万吨汽油和一万吨柴油，均由中石油旗下的大连石化公司生产，燃油存放在港口，手续完备后，便发往日本。具体发货时间还没定。

中国是应日本政府的要求向其支援燃油的。中国已给日本发送了价值三千万元的紧急人道救援物资。

China to send fuel to assist Japan

PetroChina Company Limited, or PetroChina, the nation's largest oil producer, said on Tuesday it had prepared 20,000 tones of fuel for shipment to assist quake relief work in Japan, Xinhua News Agency reported.

The 10,000 tones of gasoline and 10,000 tones of diesel produced by PetroChina's Dalian Petrochemical are in port and will be shipped to Japan after procedures are completed. No specific date for the shipment is set.

China's fuel assistance to Japan is in response to requests made by the Japanese government. China had previously sent emergency humanitarian aid worth 30 million yuan to Japan.

(China.org.cn March 23, 2011)