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| 2020-05-25 来源： 中国石化新闻网 |
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中国石化新闻网讯 据今日油价网站5月21日消息 消息人士周四向路透社表示，沙特阿美旗下的航运子公司Bahri暂停了租用十几艘液化天然气油轮的计划，因为该项目的多数所有者推迟了最终投资决定。 这家沙特石油巨头从去年开始就液化天然气的销售达成协议，并在德克萨斯州阿瑟港液化天然气项目中获得25%的股份，这是沙特阿美成为全球天然气公司雄心的一部分。去年，沙特阿美打算在美国投资数十亿美元收购天然气，作为这一战略的一部分。 阿美石油公司于2019年5月与桑普拉能源公司签署协议，从阿瑟港项目一期工程中提取液化天然气，并持有该项目25%的股份。 当时，沙特阿美首席执行官阿明?纳赛尔表示：“与桑普拉液化天然气公司的协议是沙特阿美成为全球领先液化天然气公司的长期战略向前迈出的重要一步。由于全球液化天然气需求预计将以每年4%左右的速度增长，到2035年，全球液化天然气年需求可能超过5亿吨，我们认为这一市场将有重大机遇，我们将继续寻求战略合作伙伴关系，以满足全球液化天然气需求的不断增长。” 然而，当疫情来袭时，全球液化天然气需求的所有押注都被取消。预计今年的液化天然气需求将远低于危机前的预期。 最初将最终投资决定定为2020年第三季度目标的桑普拉本月早些时候表示：“鉴于目前的市场动态，目前预计该项目将在2021年做出最终投资决定。” 据路透社消息人士透露，由于最终投资决定计划至少推迟了几个季度，阿美石油此前已将最多12艘LNG油轮的租船计划搁置。 其中一位消息人士向路透社表示：“航运要求是针对亚瑟港，因此考虑到延误以及目前的市场状况，暂停航运是有意义的。” 王磊 摘译自 今日油价 原文如下： Saudi Arabia Suspends Plans To Ship U.S. LNG Bahri, the shipping arm of Saudi Aramco, has suspended plans to charter a dozen tankers for liquefied natural gas (LNG) for a U.S. export project in which it is a minority partner, after the majority owner of the project postponed the final investment decision, sources told Reuters on Thursday. The Saudi oil giant has an agreement from last year for LNG offtake and a participation of 25 percent in the Port Arthur LNG project in Texas, as part of Aramco’s ambition to become a global natural gas player. Last year, Saudi Aramco was looking to spend billions of U.S. dollars on natural gas acquisitions in the United States as part of this strategy. Aramco signed in May 2019 an agreement with Sempra Energy to offtake LNG from the Phase 1 of the Port Arthur project, and take a 25-percent stake in the project. “The agreement with Sempra LNG is a major step forward in Saudi Aramco’s long term strategy to become a leading global LNG player. With global demand for LNG expected to grow by around 4% per year, and likely to exceed 500 million metric tons a year by 2035, we see significant opportunities in this market and we will continue to pursue strategic partnerships which enable us to meet rising global demand for LNG,” Amin Nasser, Saudi Aramco’s CEO said back then. However, all bets on the global demand for LNG were off when the COVID-19 pandemic struck. LNG demand this year is expected to be much weaker than expected before the crisis. Sempra Energy, which initially targeted the final investment decision (FID) for Q3 2020, said earlier this month that “Given current market dynamics, a final investment decision is now expected for the project in 2021.” Now that the FID has been delayed by at least a couple of quarters, Aramco has put earlier plans to charter up to 12 LNG tankers on hold, according to Reuters’ sources. “The shipping requirement was meant for Port Arthur, so given the delay and also the current market, it makes sense to put the shipping on hold,” one of those sources told Reuters. |
