桑普拉努力成為北美最大LNG出口企業之一

中國石化新聞網訊 據路透社報道，本周三，加州能源公司桑普拉首席執行官杰夫·馬?。↗eff Martin）告訴路透社，該公司正積極努力成為北美最大的液化天然氣（LNG）出口企業之一。

桑普拉能源正在開發五個項目：路易斯安那州的卡梅倫LNG項目第一階段和第二階段、德克薩斯州的阿瑟港、墨西哥下加利福尼亞的科斯塔阿祖爾第一階段和第二階段，總計年產能約4500萬噸，即每天60億立方英尺的天然氣，而10億立方英尺的天然氣足夠每天為500萬戶美國家庭提供燃料。

如果桑普拉的項目發揮4500萬噸的年產能，該公司可能成為僅次于目前市場領導者切尼爾能源公司，成為北美第二大LNG出口企業，與此同時，切尼爾也正在擴建其位于美國的兩個運營中的LNG出口終端。

馬丁表示：“我們將在未來三到五年積極推進這五個項?！彼赋?，隨著消費者從污染較嚴重的煤炭轉向清潔的天然氣，對這種超冷卻燃料的需求預計將會飆升。

在價值100億美元的卡梅倫項目中，年產能為1200萬噸的第一階段已經在建設中。

馬丁說，桑普拉預計在第二季度完成卡梅倫的首條液化生產線，第四季度完成2號生產線，2020年第一季度完成3號生產線。該公司指出，這些生產線將在商業運作之前開始生產液化天然氣。

馬丁表示，桑普拉以及其在卡梅倫的合作伙伴——三菱公司、三井公司和道達爾正在為該設施年產能為800萬噸的第二階段擴建進行研究。

馬丁表示，在年產能為1200萬噸液化天然氣的阿瑟港，桑普拉有一個“巨大的營銷努力，看看我們是否能獲得足夠的合同，在2020年第一季度達成最終投資決定”，這將使項目能夠獲得融資，并進入建設。

桑普拉已經與波蘭PGNiG公司簽訂了一份合同，從阿瑟港向PGNiG每年出售200萬噸的液化天然氣。

在墨西哥，桑普拉希望在其科斯塔阿祖爾LNG進口設施中分兩個階段建造一個出口終端。

馬丁說：“科斯塔阿祖爾項目是一個徹底的游戲改變者（意指會改變該行業）?！?，他指出這是北美西海岸的唯一設施，一個能夠讓客戶將二疊紀頁巖氣從西德克薩斯運往墨西哥北部地區，并在12天內到達亞洲市場的設施。

馬丁稱：“該時間是從美國墨西哥灣運送液化天然氣所需時間的一半?！倍壳捌渌麛凳畟€擬議中的液化天然氣項目大多位于美國墨西哥灣沿岸。

詹曉晶摘自路透社

原文如下：

Sempra wants to become one of North America's biggest LNG exporters

Sempra Energy is working aggressively to become one of the biggest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporters in North America, the California energy company’s Chief Executive Jeff Martin told Reuters on Wednesday.

Sempra is developing five projects - Cameron phases 1 and 2 in Louisiana, Port Arthur in Texas and Costa Azul phases 1 and 2 in Baja California in Mexico - totaling about 45 million tonnes per annum (MTPA), or roughly 6 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas.

One billion cubic feet of gas is enough to supply about 5 million U.S. homes.

If Sempra builds all 45 MTPA of capacity, it could become the second biggest North American LNG exporter behind current market leader Cheniere Energy Inc, which is expanding its two operating LNG export terminals in the United States.

“We are going to move aggressively to unlock these five projects over the next three to five years,” Martin said, noting demand for the super-cooled fuel was expected to rocket higher as consumers transition from dirty coal to cleaner natural gas.

The first 12-MTPA phase at the $10 billion Cameron project is already under construction.

Martin said Sempra expects to complete the first liquefaction train at Cameron in the second quarter, Train 2 in the fourth quarter and Train 3 in the first quarter of 2020. The company noted the trains will start producing LNG before they are commercially complete.

Martin said Sempra and its partners at Cameron - Mitsubishi Corp, Mitsui & Co Ltd and Total SA - are working on a study for the 8-MTPA phase 2 expansion of the facility.

At the 12-MTPA Port Arthur, Martin said Sempra has a “big marketing effort to see if we can get sufficient contracts to reach a final investment decision by the first quarter of 2020” that will enable to project to get financing to go to construction.

Sempra already has a contract to sell 2 MTPA of LNG from Port Arthur to Polish oil and gas company Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (PGNiG).

In Mexico, Sempra wants to build an export terminal in two phases at its Costa Azul LNG import facility.

“Costa Azul is a complete game changer,” Martin said, noting it is the only facility on the West Coast of North America that will enable customers to ship Permian shale gas from West Texas across northern Mexico and reach markets in Asia in 12 days.

“That is half the transit time it takes to send LNG from the U.S. Gulf Coast,” Martin said. Most of the dozens of other proposed LNG projects are located along the U.S. Gulf Coast.?

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