东京燃气和First Gen计划在菲律宾建造LNG终端

中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社马尼拉/东京12月5日消息，菲律宾电力公司（First Gen Corp）和东京燃气公司（Tokyo Gas Co）周三表示，双方已签署初步协议，共同开发菲律宾的液化天然气进口终端项目。

据菲律宾公司称，将在该项目中持有20%的权益。没有披露进一步的财务细节。

First Gen运营着该国五个燃气发电厂中的四个，总装机容量约为2000兆瓦，全部位于巴坦加斯。

预计菲律宾将开始进口液化天然气，以满足其天然气发电厂的需求。因为该国Malampaya油田的国内天然气供应将在2024年耗尽。

国有菲律宾国家石油公司（PNOC）曾寻找一家合资伙伴，在巴坦加斯湾建立和运营一个液化天然气枢纽，但已两次推迟了与潜在投资者的会面，上一次会面原定于周二。

First Gen今年8月表示，PNOC拒绝了其主动提出的成为First Gen在巴坦加斯液化天然气接收站项目一部分的提议。

能源部长Alfonso Cusi早些时候告诉路透社，包括First Gen、Tokyo Gas团队在内的三个不同的集团，已被列入建设和运营这个东南亚国家首个液化天然气进口终端的候选名单。

陈菲 摘译自 路透社

原文如下：

Tokyo Gas, First Gen plan to build LNG import terminal in Philippines

Philippine power company First Gen Corp and Tokyo Gas Co on Wednesday said they had signed a preliminary agreement to jointly develop a liquefied natural gas import terminal project in the Philippines.

Tokyo Gas will take a 20-percent interest in the project, the Philippine company said. No further financial details were disclosed.

First Gen operates four of the country’s five gas-fired power plants, with total capacity of about 2,000 megawatts, all of them in Batangas.

The Philippines is expected to start importing LNG to feed its gas-fired power plants as domestic gas supply from its Malampaya field is set to run out in 2024.

State-owned Philippine National Oil Co (PNOC) was seeking a joint-venture partner to build and run an LNG hub in Batangas Bay, but has twice postponed a meeting with potential investors, the last one previously scheduled for Tuesday.

First Gen said in August that PNOC had rejected its unsolicited proposal to PNOC to be part of First Gen’s LNG terminal project in Batangas.

Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi earlier told Reuters that three different groups - including the First Gen-Tokyo Gas team - had been shortlisted to build and operate the Southeast Asian country’s first LNG import terminal.