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日電-美國液化天然氣(LNG)公司Cheniere Energy Inc LNG.A週三表示，其營銷部門同意將LNG出售給中國天然氣分銷公司福安能源集團有限公司(Foran Energy Group Co Ltd.)002911.SZ的一個部門，從2023年1月開始為期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.
分析師表示，這筆交易應該會使Cheniere更接近做出最終投資決定(FID)，在其位於德克薩斯州的Corpus Christi工廠建造擬議中的第三階段擴建項目，預計將於2022年進行。
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.
隨着全球能源短缺將價格推高至創紀錄高位，液化天然氣買家尋求鎖定這種過冷燃料的長期價格和供應，這筆交易是近幾周宣佈的幾筆交易之一。
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.
世界各地的公用事業公司都在爭奪液化天然氣(LNG)貨物，以在冬季取暖季節之前填補歐洲極低的天然氣庫存，並滿足亞洲對這種燃料的永無止境的需求。在亞洲，煤炭和天然氣短缺已導致中國停電。
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.
在過去的幾個月裏，Cheniere已經簽署了協議，將液化天然氣出售給法國能源公司Engie SA ENGIE.SA、英瑞礦業和大宗商品貿易公司Glencore PLC GLEN.L、中國天然氣分銷公司新奧天然氣有限公司600803.SS以及化工和化肥生產商中化集團。
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將每年購買約30萬噸液化天然氣(Mtpa)，價格與路易斯安那州的美國Henry Hub基準掛鈎，外加費用.
Stage 3 would add up to seven mid-scale liquefaction trains that would produce around 10 MTPA of LNG.
第三階段將增加7列中型液化列車，每年生產約1000萬噸液化天然氣。
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.
都鐸(Tudor)、皮克林(Pickering)、霍爾特(Holt)和公司(Holt And Co)的分析師週三在一份報告中表示，Cheniere已經售出了可能生產的第三階段液化天然氣的約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已經是美國最大的天然氣買家，也是美國最大的液化天然氣出口商，年產量約為4500萬噸液化天然氣。
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(Reporting By Scott DiSavino; editing by David Evans)
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