美国能源部整合长短期LNG出口许可证

    中国石化新闻网讯 据世界天然气网1月11日消息 美国能源部发布了一项政策，取消了单独的短期液化天然气出口授权的要求。

    根据之前的政策，长期持有液化天然气出口许可证的人需要单独提交短期出口申请。

    能源部认为，通过在不增加批准出口总量的情况下，将这一权力整合为一个单一的授权，这一行动将简化其监管程序。

    美国能源部在声明中称：“这种放松管制的措施将提高行政效率，将取消对液化天然气出口的一项重复要求，即短期市场必须获得能源部的授权，而授权持有人已经拥有长期出口授权。”

    在这一政策声明的同时，能源部正在修改几项长期液化天然气出口订单，以便在长期订单的基础上增加短期出口授权。

    美国能源部副部长Mark Menezes表示：“我们越来越多地看到液化天然气在现货市场上销售，能源部的这一行动为美国液化天然气出口商提供了更大的灵活性。有了这一政策，美国液化天然气出口商可以让市场而不是我们的监管程序来决定哪些液化天然气货物将在现货市场根据长期或短期协议出口。”

    根据本政策声明和修订现行长期液化天然气出口订单的一揽子命令的条款，长期液化天然气出口授权持有人将不再需要单独申请授权，以在短期内出口相同数量的液化天然气。

    美国能源部表示，这一政策声明和同时发布的一揽子订单还规定，液化天然气出口商的预商业化或试运行货物将在非加性基础上根据其长期出口订单获得授权。

    吴恒磊 编译自 世界天然气

    原文如下：

    DoE consolidates short-term, long-term LNG export permits

    The United States Department of Energy has issued a policy removing the requirement for separate short-term LNG export authorization.

    Under the previous policy, long-term LNG export permit holders were required to file a separate application for short-term exports.

    By consolidating this authority in a single authorization without any increase in total approved export volumes, DOE believes this action will streamline its regulatory process.

    “This deregulatory measure will lead to administrative efficiency. It will remove a duplicative requirement for exports of LNG to have DOE authorization for the short-term market, where the authorization holder already has long-term export authority”, DOE said in its statement.

    Concurrent with this policy statement, DOE is amending several long-term LNG export orders to add short-term export authority to the long-term orders.

    “We are increasingly seeing more sales of LNG on the spot market, and this action by DOE is allowing more flexibility for U.S. LNG exporters. With this policy, U.S. LNG exporters can let the market—not our regulatory process—determine which LNG cargos will be exported under long-term or short-term agreements on the spot market,” said Deputy Secretary of Energy Mark Menezes.

    Under the terms of this policy statement and blanket order amending current long-term LNG export orders, long-term LNG export authorization holders will no longer need to apply for separate authorization to export the same volumes on a short-term basis.

    This policy statement and concurrent blanket order also provide for LNG exporters’ pre-commercial or commissioning cargos to be authorized under their long-term export orders on a non-additive basis, DoE said.