2015考研英语阅读阿根廷与YPF_大学英语阅读

2015考研英语阅读阿根廷与YPF

　　开发这些资源很复杂，且花费巨大。世界能源委员会的Jorge Ferioli估计开发Vaca Muerta需要680亿到890亿美元。YPF没有足够的资金，并且阿根廷现有的借贷成本使得它也无法进行国际融资。

　　As well as bringing expertise, Chevron has promised an initial investment of $1.24 billion inVaca Muerta as part of its joint venture with YPF. The deal was announced after MsFernndez issued a decree seemingly tailor-made for Chevron, which states that energycompanies that invest over $1 billion will, after five years, be allowed to sell 20% of theirproduction abroad without paying export taxes or being forced to repatriate profits.

　　雪佛兰已经承诺首轮投资金额会达到12.4亿美元，并且会带来专业技术。这笔交易在费尔南德斯总统发布了一项看起来是给雪佛兰量身定做的法令之后宣布的，法令的内容是任何投资过10亿美元的能源公司，五年之后，允许他们将其20%的产品出口到国外，不征收出口税或者强制返利。

　　Opposition parties, which backed the expropriation, have labelled the Chevron deal are-privatisation and challenged the legality of the decree. They will make the most of thecontroversy in the run-up to congressional elections due in October. A year ago thegovernment considered energy sovereignty to mean Spanish, get out, whereas now itseems to mean Yankees, come in, says Daniel Montamat, a former energy secretary andformer head of YPF .