黎巴嫩政府将优先考虑发展本国天然气工业

    中国石化新闻网讯 据普氏能源资讯9月19日巴塞罗那报道，黎巴嫩能源部长塞萨尔·哈利勒周三在巴塞罗那表示，黎巴嫩政府已发誓要让天然气成为本国电力行业的主要能源来源。黎巴嫩政府计划在短期内安装三个浮式液化天然气（LNG）进口设施并计划在明年年初启动新一轮海上勘探作业招标来开发国内的天然气。

    哈利勒是在西班牙巴塞罗那举行的天然气技术会议（Gastech）上发表上述讲话的。他表示，黎巴嫩政府已经采取了一项政策，即到2030年前，天然气将占到黎巴嫩发电结构的三分之二，而目前这一比例实际上为零。

    尽管各方的估计存在差异，但预计到下一个10年年底，黎巴嫩的天然气年需求量将达到40-50亿立方米，因此，黎巴嫩政府在发电行业将优先考虑天然气和可再生能源。

    李峻 编译自 普氏能源资讯

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    Speaking at the Gastech conference in Barcelona, Abi Khalil said the government has adopted a policy for gas to account for two thirds of Lebanon's power mix by 2030 from effectively zero at present.

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