據(jù)美國油價網(wǎng)2022年8月9日報道，英國天然氣集團公司（BG Group）的母公司森特里卡8月9日與美國Delfin中游公司簽署了一項協(xié)議，從2026年開始從路易斯安那州海上計劃的浮式液化天然氣出口設(shè)施進口液化天然氣（LNG），協(xié)議為期15年，價值85億美元（70億英鎊）。

兩家公司周二在一份聯(lián)合聲明中表示，Delfin中游公司因此獲得了另一個長期客戶，預(yù)計將在今年年底前為Delfin深水港（美國首個浮式液化天然氣出口設(shè)施）達成最終投資決定（FID）。  

聲明說，“市場對長期LNG的需求持續(xù)強勁，過去幾個月，歐洲和其他地區(qū)的購買活動加快。 作為一個模塊化項目，該協(xié)議可以實現(xiàn)3.5萬噸/年的LNG增量，該協(xié)議大大推進了我們的第一艘LNG船在今年晚些時候?qū)崿F(xiàn)FID的道路” 。

近幾個月來，歐洲和亞洲的LNG買家越來越多地回到長期采購協(xié)議，以確保非產(chǎn)能大國的天然氣長期供應(yīng)，并使自己免受波動的現(xiàn)貨價格飆升的影響。

對森特里卡來說，另一項新天然氣進口協(xié)議符合其和英國的戰(zhàn)略，即通過可靠、穩(wěn)定的未來天然氣供應(yīng)來源，加強英國國內(nèi)能源安全。 

森特里卡集團首席執(zhí)行官Chris O’shea表示：“美國額外的天然氣出口能力將有助于提高英國、歐洲和全球的能源安全，這反映了LNG在全球天然氣供應(yīng)鏈中日益重要的地位。”

今年6月，森特里卡與挪威能源巨頭Equinor簽署了一項協(xié)議，在未來三個冬季，后者每年向英國額外提供10億立方米的天然氣。  

森特里卡還獲得了英國當(dāng)局授予的北海南部Rough氣田的天然氣存儲許可證，Rough氣田于2017年關(guān)閉，但最早可能在今年冬天重新開放。 

李峻 編譯自 美國油價網(wǎng)

原文如下：

UK’s Centrica Signs $8.5B Long-Term Deal To import U.S. LNG  

Centrica, the owner of British Gas, has signed a heads of agreement with U.S. firm Delfin Midstream to import LNG starting in 2026 from a planned floating LNG export facility offshore Louisiana, in a 15-year-deal worth $8.5 billion (7 billion British pounds).

Delfin has thus secured another long-term customer, which is expected to facilitate a Final Investment Decision (FID) for Delfin Deepwater Port, the first floating LNG export facility in the United States, by the end of this year, the companies said in a joint statement on Tuesday.

“Market demand for long-term LNG continues to be strong and buying activity from Europe and various other geographies has accelerated over the past few months. As a modular project that can make FID in 3.5 MTPA increments, this agreement materially advances our first vessel’s path towards FID later this year,” Dudley Poston, chief executive officer of Delfin, said.

In recent months, LNG buyers in Europe and Asia have been increasingly returning to long-term purchase agreements in order to secure a long-term supply of non-Russian gas and to insulate themselves from spiking volatile spot prices.

For Centrica, another deal for natural gas imports fits its and the UK strategy to bolster domestic energy security with sources of reliable and stable future supply of gas.

“Additional US gas export capacity will help increase UK, European and global energy security, reflecting the increasing importance of LNG in the global gas supply chain,” said Chris O’Shea, Centrica Group Chief Executive.

In June, Centrica signed a deal with Norway’s major Equinor for the delivery of an additional 1 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas supplies to the UK for each of the next three winters.

Centrica has also been awarded by UK authorities a gas storage license for the Rough site in the Southern North Sea-a site that was closed in 2017, but could reopen as early as this winter.