據世界天然氣3月28日報道，美國能源投資商EIG和比利時天然氣基礎設施運營商Fluxys于3月28日宣布，他們將從西班牙Enagas和加拿大OMERS 基礎設施公司手中收購智利最大的液化天然氣再氣化終端 80% 的股份。

自2009年投入運營以來，GNL Quintero終端能夠進口高達每日1500萬立方米的天然氣，占智利整體再氣化能力的四分之三。2021年，它進口的液化天然氣和管道天然氣占南美國家的67%。它還擁有33.4萬立方米的存儲容量，可以裝載高達每日2,500立方米的液化天然氣。 

EIG表示，該終端在Quintero灣的戰略位置使其能夠接觸到智利中部的多元化客戶群，包括住宅、商業、工業、交通和發電領域。該投資者參與了智利可再生能源，在該國運營210兆瓦的光伏發電容量。它渴望成為智利三大綠色氫氣生產商之一，并計劃到2040年在那里安裝200吉瓦的可再生能源。 

EIG董事長兼首席執行官R. Blair Thomas在一份聲明中表示：“我們很高興能有機會投資Quintero公司，這家公司與我們對戰略性、高質量基礎設施的關注非常一致，這些設施對該地區至關重要，并能產生有吸引力的合同現金流。”

Fluxys希望將其液化天然氣業務擴展到歐洲以外，它在歐洲已經擁有三個氣化終端。在拉丁美洲，它已經是TBG公司的投資者，該公司運營著玻利維亞-巴西管道2,600公里長的巴西段。

Fluxys首席執行官Pascal De Buck表示：“我們在Quintero的合作伙伴關系使Fluxys更接近智利的氫氣開發，并支持比利時的氫氣進口。”

兩家公司都沒有透露他們為該終端的股份支付了多少費用。

祝精燕 摘譯自 世界天然氣

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EIG, FLUXYS BUY INTO CHILE'S LARGEST LNG import TERMINAL

US-based energy investor EIG and Belgian gas infrastructure operator Fluxys announced on March 28 they would acquire an 80% stake in Chile's largest LNG regasification terminal from Spain's Enagas and Canada's OMERS Infrastructure.

Operational since 2009, the GNL Quintero terminal is capable of importing up to 15mn m3/day of gas, accounting for three quarters of Chile's overall regasification capacity. In 2021, it accounted for 67% of the LNG and piped gas imported into the South American country. It also has 334,000 m3 of storage capacity and can load trucks with up to 2,500 m3/d of LNG.

The terminal's strategic location in Quintero Bay gives it access to a diverse base of customers in central Chile, including in the residential, commercial, industrial, transportation and power generation sectors, EIG said. The investor is involved in Chilean renewables, operating 210-MW of photovoltaic capacity in the country. It aspires to become one of Chile's three biggest green hydrogen producers, with plans to install 200 GW of renewable power there for the purpose by 2040. 

"We are thrilled by the opportunity to invest in Quintero, a company that aligns perfectly with our focus on strategic, high-quality infrastructure that is critical to the region it serves and yields attractive, contracted cash flows," EIG's chairman and CEO R. Blair Thomas said in a statement. 

Fluxys is looking to expand its LNG operations outside of Europe, where it already has interests in three gasification terminals. In Latin America, it is already an investor in the TBG company that operates the 2,600-km Brazilian section of the Bolivia-Brazil pipeline.

"Our partnership in Quintero brings Fluxys closer to hydrogen developments in Chile and supports the import of hydrogen in Belgium," Fluxys CEO Pascal De Buck commented.

Neither company said how much they were paying for the stake in the terminal.