巴基斯坦最大LNG进口终端计划2021年启动

据彭博社12月13日消息称，巴基斯坦Energas公司计划在2021年启用该国最大的液化天然气进口终端，以满足该项目获批建设后不断飙升的需求。

Energas公司首席执行官Anser Ahmed Khan在接受采访时表示，该公司是一个由大量国内用户组成的财团，其目标是在明年开始建设这个耗资1.4亿至1.6亿美元的设施。该项目得到了埃克森美孚公司的支持。

Energas和埃克森美孚于2017年首次向巴基斯坦上届政府提出建设这个终端，当时的目标是在今年完成。10月，有两家公司递交了投标书，以获得监管机构许可建造终端并开发预计将超过进口能力的需求，该合资公司是其中之一。

Khan表示：“巴基斯坦的需求量很大，而且还会增长。市场对价格很敏感，所以我们需要打出正确的牌。”Khan曾是伦敦EDF能源公司液化天然气公司副总裁，并于2017年上任。

Energas的提议仍然面临几个障碍，包括获得监管部门的批准。它还没有签署大部分产能的承购协议，也没有做出最终投资决定。Khan周三表示，该公司已经收到了一个与卡拉奇卡西姆港码头相连的浮式存储和再气化装置的投标，并将在明年3月授予该合同。

三菱商事株式会社旗下的Tabeer能源公司也曾申请建造LNG终端，但对此没有置评。

彭博社上周在一份报告中预测，由于该国国内生产停滞，但需求强劲，这两家合资企业都在竞相开发有望成为全球液化天然气进口亮点之一的巴基斯坦市场，到2040年该市场购买量将翻两番。

曹海斌 摘译自 彭博社

原文如下：

Biggest Pakistan LNG import terminal plans 2021 start as demand surges

Pakistan’s Energas plans to start the nation’s largest liquefied natural gas import terminal in 2021 to help meet soaring demand>Energas, a consortium of large domestic users, aims to begin construction of the $140 million to $160 million facility next year, Chief Executive Officer Anser Ahmed Khan said in an interview. The project is being supported by Exxon Mobil Corp.

Energas and Exxon first proposed the terminal to Pakistan’s previous government in 2017, at that time aiming to complete it by this year. The venture is>“There is a lot of demand in Pakistan and it will just grow,” said Khan, who was vice president for LNG at EDF Energy Ltd. in London before taking up his current role in 2017. “The market is price sensitive so we need to play that card right.”

The Energas proposal still faces several hurdles, including obtaining regulatory approval. It also hasn’t signed off-take deals for much of its capacity and hasn’t made a final investment decision. It has received bids for a floating storage and regasification unit that will be connected to Port Qasim terminal in Karachi, and will award the contract by March, Khan said Wednesday.

Tabeer Energy, the Mitsubishi Corp. unit that also applied to build an LNG terminal, couldn’t be reached for comment.

The two ventures are vying to tap into what’s expected to be one of the world’s bright spots for LNG imports, with purchases set to quadruple by 2040 amid stagnating domestic production and robust demand, BloombergNEF forecast last week in a report.