印度盖尔:俄气公司将从五月起供应液化天然气

中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社4月13日新德里报道，印度国有天然气供应商和开发商盖尔有限公司计划在2018/19年从俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司(Gazprom)购买50万吨或8船装载的液化天然气(LNG)，盖尔董事长兼董事总经理特里帕蒂（Tripathi）表示。

特里帕蒂周四在国际能源论坛上对路透社表示:"装载的货物将从5月开始供应。"

今年1月，盖尔与俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司(Gazprom)重新谈判了每年250万吨液化天然气(LNG)长期收购协议的条款。

这是印度与液化天然气供应商就进口燃料价格更低廉而进行的第三次此类谈判，利用其作为全球最大能源消费国之一的地位，为其公司提供更优惠的价格。

由于供应过剩，导致海上运输的天然气交易进入买方市场，现货价格大幅下跌，印度还与卡塔尔的拉斯拉凡(RasGas)和埃克森美孚(Exxon Mobil Corp .)重新谈判了长期液化天然气协议。

特里帕蒂说，与此同时，盖尔正计划从美国获得多达500万吨的液化天然气，相当于整个财年的大约80船装载的液化天然气。

蔡小全 编译自 路透社

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India's GAIL says LNG supply from Gazprom will start from May

India's state-owned gas supplier and developer GAIL Ltd plans to buy 0.5 million tonnes or eight cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia's Gazprom in 2018/19, its chairman and managing director B.C. Tripathi said.

"The cargoes will start coming from May," Tripathi told Reuters on Thursday at the International Energy Forum.

GAIL renegotiated the terms of a long-term 2.5 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) liquefied natural gas (LNG) purchase deal with Russia's Gazprom in January.

This was the third such renegotiation by India with LNG suppliers to make the imported fuel more affordable, using its position as one of the world's biggest energy consumers to strike better bargains for its companies.

India has also renegotiated long-term LNG deals with Qatar's RasGas and Exxon Mobil Corp as spot prices declined substantially amid a supply glut that turned trading of the seaborne gas into a buyers' market.

GAIL is planning to get as much as 5 million tonnes of LNG from the United States as well, equivalent to about 80 cargoes throughout the fiscal year, Tripathi said.