卡塔尔准备进军土耳其天然气市场

中国石化新闻网讯 据1月2日路透社报道，能源一直扮演着至关重要的地缘政治角色，而天然气是其中非常重要的一部分。国际能源署(IEA)发布的一份报告显示，随着能源转型升级（煤炭转向天然气），2018年天然气需求跃升4.6%，占能源总需求增长的近一半。

因此，世界最大的液化天然气(LNG)出口国卡塔尔正在扩建其设施。

卡塔尔能源事务国务部长兼卡塔尔石油公司董事长萨阿德谢里达•卡比（Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi）在2019年多哈论坛上表示:，卡塔尔于2019年11月宣布，到2027年, 将液化天然气(LNG)产量提升64%至1.26亿吨/年,使国际石油公司在海湾国家的生产扩张计划的压力下，做出最好的报价。

土耳其正在成长为一个竞争激烈的液化天然气市场，对于现有和潜在的液化天然气供应商而言，该国再气化能力尚未得到充分利用。土耳其市场液化天然气价格的上涨，正鼓励卡塔尔等国以更长远的眼光进入该国市场。

土耳其从全球最大的液化天然气公司卡塔尔天然气公司(Qatargas)获得了最大的单笔液化天然气货物。国际天然气联盟(IGU)发布的一份报告称，这笔交易使土耳其已经成为了欧洲第二大液化天然气进口国。

对土耳其来说，天然气投资的前景是明朗的，天然气供应的多样化，将传统的管道天然气与液化天然气相结合。此外，土耳其继续投资液化天然气技术，因为新建成的终端和设施对土耳其实现能源自给自足非常重要。2019年，一艘可储存17万立方米天然气的新型浮式液化天然气生产储存装置开始运行。

洪伟立 摘译自 路透社

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Qatar’s gas investment in Turkey and the Saudi blockade

Energy has always played a crucial geopolitical role. Natural gas is a part of this important sector; with the switch from coal-to-gas, the demand for natural gas jumped by 4.6 per cent in 2018, accounting for nearly half of overall demand growth, according to a report published by International Energy Agency (IEA).

As a result, Qatar, the world’s leading liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter, is expanding its facilities.

Saad Sherida Al Kaabi, the minister of state for energy affairs and the chairman of Qatar Petroleum, speaking during a session at the Doha Forum 2019 said: “Qatar announced in November 2019 that it aimed to lift production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by 64 per cent to 126 million tonnes per year by 2027, putting oil majors racing to secure a stake in the Gulf country’s expansion plans under pressure to make the best offer.”

Turkey is emerging as a competitive LNG market with under-utilised regasification capacity for current and potential LNG suppliers. The higher LNG price on the Turkish market is encouraging countries, such as Qatar, to enter the market with a longer-term perspective.

Turkey received the largest single LNG cargo from the world’s largest LNG company, Qatargas. A report published by International Gas Union (IGU) states that a result of these LNG investments, Turkey has become the second LNG importer in Europe.

The future from a Turkish standpoint on LNG investments is clear, diversification of natural gas supplies, combining traditional pipeline gas with LNG. Additionally, Turkey continues to invest in LNG technology as the newly established terminals and facilities are very important for Turkey in terms of gaining energy self-sufficiency. In 2019, a new LNG floating vessel with a storage capacity of 170,000 cubic metres of gas, started to operate.