据普氏能源资讯11月2日休息顿消息称，Sempra能源公司一位女发言人周五表示，该公司预计将在今年年底之前开始向路易斯安那州的卡梅伦液化天然气出口终端输送原料气，随后将开始首次生产。
总部位于圣地亚哥的电力和天然气供应商将加入Cheniere能源公司和Dominion能源公司的行列，成为由美国页岩气生产得到的液化天然气的出口商，预计第一批货物将于2019年初装运。
目前，美国正准备成为全球液化天然气市场的主要参与者，为亚洲和欧洲的高需求国家提供现货和合同货物，并为贸易商提供更大的选择权。除了Sempra之外，位于乔治亚州的摩根厄尔巴岛液化天然气出口终端和位于德克萨斯州的Freeport液化天然气终端预计将于2019年投产。十多个提议成为美国第二波液化项目一部分，并已获得美国监管机构的许可批准时间。
Sempra在一份声明中说，它已启动了Cameron液化天然气工厂的支持设施和第一次液化训练的调试过程。该过程将包括测试所有支持系统、燃烧涡轮和压缩机的测试，以及从输送管道输送原料气。
Sempra 表示：“一旦调试过程的所有步骤都通过联邦能源监管委员会的批准，并成功完成了第一条液化天然气的生产，液化天然气的生产就会启动，然后逐步投入全面生产，交付全球市场。”
发言人帕蒂·奥尔特加·米切尔在一封电子邮件中回答了关于mpra预计的“2019年生产液化天然气的三条生产线”的问题。1号生产线的生产和第一批货物将在2019年初完成。因为施工挑战迫使延误，Sempra已经将卡梅伦液化天然气的建设和运营作为首要任务。目前正在建设中的其他终端也出现延误，包括Kinder Morgan和自由港液化天然气项目。
与三井、三菱等公司合作运营的卡梅伦液化天然气出口项目的合作伙伴Sempra也在考虑在西海岸的另一个出口项目，位于墨西哥下加利福尼亚州的Energia Costa Azul接收终端。该公司还参与了德克萨斯州亚瑟港的正在拟议中的出口项目。
与此同时，Cheniere正准备启动其第二个液化天然气出口终端。该终端位于德克萨斯州科珀斯克里斯蒂市，已经输送了数周的原料气，并可能最早在本月晚些时候从1号生产线出口其首批货物。另外两条生产线也正在那里建造中。。
上周五，美国能源部批准了从科珀斯克里斯蒂码头向美国没有自由贸易协定的国家出口短期液化天然气。美国能源部于2018年9月发布了类似的命令，授权科珀斯克里斯蒂液化项目向自由贸易协定国家进行短期出口。该终端还拥有根据长期合同运输的货物的许可。
Cheniere在路易斯安那州的Sabine Pass终端运营四条生产线，预计将在今年年底前从第五条生产线开始生产。Cheniere希望在2019年初对Sabine Pass的第六条生产线做出最终投资决定。
普氏分析数据显示，10月27日美国液化天然气原料总需求量达到43亿立方英尺/天的高位，这主要是由于Sabine Pass5号生产线和Corpus Christi 1号生产线试运行供应天然气的推动。
今年冬季，一旦Cheniere心得生产线达到满负荷运行并且在厄尔巴岛和卡梅伦液化天然气公司开始试运行，美国的原料需求总量预计将增加到44亿立方英尺/天，比去年冬季增加47％。普氏分析预计，到2019年，美国液化天然气原料需求量将接近59亿立方英尺/日，同比增长74％。
曹海斌 摘译自 普氏能源资讯
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Sempra moving closer to producing LNG at Louisiana export terminal
Sempra Energy is expected to begin flowing feedgas to its Cameron LNG export terminal in Louisiana before the end of the year, with first production to follow sometime after, a spokeswoman said Friday.
The San Diego-based power and gas provider will join Cheniere Energy and Dominion Energy as a US exporter of LNG produced from shale gas when it ships its first cargo, which is expected to occur in early 2019.
The activity comes as the US is poised to become a major player in the global LNG market, providing spot and contract cargoes to high-demand countries in Asia and Europe and greater optionality for traders. Besides Sempra, Kinder Morgan's Elba Island LNG export facility in Georgia and Freeport LNG's terminal in Texas are expected to start up in 2019. More than a dozen projects that are proposing to be part of the second wave of US liquefaction have received permit approval timelines from US regulators.
In a statement, Sempra said it has initiated the commissioning process for the support facilities and first liquefaction train at the Cameron LNG facility. The process will include testing of all support systems, combustion turbines and compressors, as well as the delivery of feedgas from the transmission pipeline.
"once all of the steps of the commissioning process are approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and successfully completed for the first liquefaction train, LNG production will start up, and then ramp up to full production for delivery to global markets," Sempra said.
Spokesman Paty Ortega Mitchell said in an email responding to questions that Sempra expects "all three trains to produce LNG in 2019. Train 1 production and the first cargo would be early 2019." Sempra has made getting Cameron LNG up and running a top priority amid construction challenges that have forced delays. Other terminals currently under construction have also had delays, including the Kinder Morgan and Freeport LNG projects.
Sempra, a partner in the Cameron LNG export project with Mitsui, Mitsubishi and others, also has been considering a second export project Cheniere, meanwhile, is preparing to start up its second LNG export terminal. The facility, in Corpus Christi, Texas, has been flowing feedgas for several weeks and could export its first cargo from Train 1 as early as later this month. Two more trains are under construction there.
On Friday, the US Department of Energy approved short-term LNG exports from the Corpus Christi terminal to countries with which the US does not have a free trade agreement. DOE issued a similar order authorizing short-term exports from the Corpus Christi Liquefaction Project to free trade agreement countries in September 2018. The terminal also has such permissions for cargoes shipped pursuant to long-term contracts.
Cheniere is operating four trains at its Sabine Pass terminal in Louisiana and is expected to start production from a fifth train before the end of the year. Cheniere hopes to make a final investment decision Total US LNG feedgas demand hit a high of 4.3 Bcf/d Total US feedgas demand is expected to rise to an average of 4.4 Bcf/d this winter, a 47% increase over last winter,
