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| 2018-07-02 来源： 中国石化新闻网 |
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中国石化新闻网讯 据美国彭博新闻社6月29日纽约报道，全球液化天然气（NG）出口公司时下正面临一好一坏的消息，好消息是印度最大的公用事业公司盖尔（印度）公司时下正在寻找新的供应商来进口LNG，而坏消息是印度将寻找比过去传统期限合同时间更短的协议。 盖尔（印度）公司董事长特里帕蒂说，印度现在每年消耗近2200万吨LNG，但这一需求量在未来四到五年内可能翻一番。因此，他的公司希望进口更多的LNG，尤其是在2023年和2024年前后。但他希望合同的有效时间只持续10年，而不是以往更传统的20年。 特里帕蒂周四出席在华盛顿举行的世界天然气会议期间对采访他的媒体记者说：“由于不确定性增加，人们很难从长远考虑。” 虽然较短的交易让买家拥有更大的灵活性，但美国的开发商一直在讨论需要签订长期合同来证明在美国钱尼尔能源公司的新出口终端上耗资数百万美元是合理的。举例来说，钱尼尔能源公司最近宣布将与一家台湾公用事业公司谈判一笔为期25年的交易。这些担忧可能会促使印度从其他地方寻找自己的交易。 特里帕蒂说：“我们希望继续与我们的老供应商合作，但我们也在寻找新的机遇，从卡塔尔的扩建项目到来自东非莫桑比克的潜在新供应。” 李峻 编译自 美国彭博新闻社 原文如下： India hunting for shorter LNG deals with import demand doubling The good news for global natural gas exporters is that India’s largest utility is hunting for new supplies to import. The bad: It’s seeking shorter deals than have been traditional in the past. India now consumes almost 22 million metric tons a year of liquefied natural gas, but that demand could double within just four to five years, according to B.C. Tripathi, the chairman of Gail India Ltd. As a result, his company wants to import more LNG, especially around 2023 and 2024. But he wants deals to last for just 10 years, rather than the more traditional 20. “It’s becoming difficult for one to think long term,” Tripathi said in an interview Thursday at the World Gas Conference in Washington. “The amount of uncertainties has increased.” While shorter deals allow buyers more flexibility, U.S. developers have talked about the need for longer-term contracts to justify spending millions of dollars on new export terminals in the U.S. Cheniere Energy Inc., for instance, recently announced an agreement to negotiate a 25-year deal with a Taiwan utility. Those concerns may push India to look elsewhere for its deals. “We would like to remain engaged with our old suppliers,” Tripathi said. “But we are also looking at new opportunities,” from Qatar’s expansion project to potential new supplies from East Africa, namely Mozambique.
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