Cheniere to sell U.S. LNG to China's Foran Group
Cheniere to sell U.S. LNG to China's Foran Group
Nov 24 (Reuters) - U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) company Cheniere Energy Inc LNG.A said Wednesday its marketing arm agreed to sell LNG to a unit of Chinese natural gas distribution company Foran Energy Group Co Ltd 002911.SZ for 20 years starting in January 2023.
路透11月24日电-美国液化天然气(LNG)公司Cheniere Energy Inc LNG.A周三表示，其营销部门同意将LNG出售给中国天然气分销公司福安能源集团有限公司(Foran Energy Group Co Ltd.)002911.SZ的一个部门，从2023年1月开始为期20年。
Analysts said the deal should move Cheniere closer to making a final investment decision (FID) to build the proposed Stage 3 expansion at its Corpus Christi plant in Texas, which is expected in 2022.
分析师表示，这笔交易应该会使Cheniere更接近做出最终投资决定(FID)，在其位于德克萨斯州的Corpus Christi工厂建造拟议中的第三阶段扩建项目，预计将于2022年进行。
The deal is one of several announced in recent weeks as LNG buyers seek to lock in long-term prices and supplies of the super-cooled fuel as global energy shortages have boosted prices to record highs.
随着全球能源短缺将价格推高至创纪录高位，液化天然气买家寻求锁定这种过冷燃料的长期价格和供应，这笔交易是近几周宣布的几笔交易之一。
Utilities around the world are competing for LNG cargoes to fill extremely low gas stockpiles in Europe ahead of the winter heating season and meet insatiable demand for the fuel in Asia where coal and gas shortages have caused power blackouts in China.
世界各地的公用事业公司都在争夺液化天然气(LNG)货物，以在冬季取暖季节之前填补欧洲极低的天然气库存，并满足亚洲对这种燃料的永无止境的需求。在亚洲，煤炭和天然气短缺已导致中国停电。
Over the past couple of months, Cheniere has signed agreements to sell LNG to units of French energy company Engie SA ENGIE.SA , Anglo-Swiss mining and commodities trading firm Glencore PLC GLEN.L , Chinese gas distribution company ENN Natural Gas Co Ltd 600803.SS and chemical and fertilizer producer Sinochem.
在过去的几个月里，Cheniere已经签署了协议，将液化天然气出售给法国能源公司Engie SA ENGIE.SA、英瑞矿业和大宗商品贸易公司Glencore PLC GLEN.L、中国天然气分销公司新奥天然气有限公司600803.SS以及化工和化肥生产商中化集团。
Cheniere said Foran will buy about 0.3 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of LNG at a price indexed to the U.S. Henry Hub benchmark in Louisiana plus a fee.
Cheniere表示，Foran将每年购买约30万吨液化天然气(Mtpa)，价格与路易斯安那州的美国Henry Hub基准挂钩，外加费用.
Stage 3 would add up to seven mid-scale liquefaction trains that would produce around 10 MTPA of LNG.
第三阶段将增加7列中型液化列车，每年生产约1000万吨液化天然气。
Analysts at Tudor, Pickering, Holt and Co said in a note on Wednesday that Cheniere has already sold about 80% of the LNG Stage 3 could produce.
都铎(Tudor)、皮克林(Pickering)、霍尔特(Holt)和公司(Holt And Co)的分析师周三在一份报告中表示，Cheniere已经售出了可能生产的第三阶段液化天然气的约80%。
Cheniere is already the biggest buyer of gas in the United States and the biggest U.S. exporter of LNG with the capacity to produce about 45 MTPA of LNG.
Cheniere已经是美国最大的天然气买家，也是美国最大的液化天然气出口商，年产量约为4500万吨液化天然气。
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(Reporting By Scott DiSavino; editing by David Evans)
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