据路透社伦敦报道，加拿大LNG项目（价值300亿美元LNG出口项目）在项目股东Petronas与维多集团签署了一份初步销售协议后，又将另一个客户囊括起来。
荷兰皇家壳牌在10月份决定建造这个出口终端，这是两年来北美新的LNG出口项目的首次重大投资决定，预计将在该地区启动新一轮此类项目。
维多集团在一份声明中表示，马来西亚石油和天然气公司Petronas在5月份购买了该项目25%的股份，从2024年开始，每年将向维多集团供应80万吨LNG，为期15年。
维多集团称：“对维多的主要供应将来自加拿大LNG项目以及全球其他LNG供应组合。”
维多加入了亚洲公用事业东京天然气、东宝天然气和韩国天然气公司购买者行列，承诺将每年共同购买约240万吨LNG。
这类长期协议通常是项目融资的基础，在作出最后投资决定之前至关重要。
但由于壳牌和合作伙伴Petronas、中石油、三菱和韩国天然气公司是LNG市场的重要参与者，它们可以将产出纳入其全球投资组合，而无需寻找其他重要买家。
根据先前宣布的交易，东宝天然气、东京天然气和韩国天然气公司将每年从加拿大LNG项目中购买的LNG数量分别是30万吨、60万吨和70万吨。
詹晓晶摘自路透社
原文如下：
LNG Canada gets another buyer as Vitol inks supply deal with Petronas
LNG Canada, the $30 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project, has bagged another client after project shareholder Petronas signed an initial sales deal with trading house Vitol.
Royal Dutch Shell decided in October to construct the export terminal. It was the first major investment decision in a new North American LNG export project for two years and was expected to launch a new wave of such projects in the region.
Petronas, the Malaysian oil and gas company that bought a 25 percent stake in the project in May, will supply Vitol with 0.8 million tonnes per year (mtpa) of LNG starting from 2024 for 15 years, Vitol said in a statement.
“The primary supply to Vitol will come from LNG Canada as well as from (Petronas’) other global LNG supply portfolio,” Vitol said.
Vitol joins Asian utilities Tokyo Gas, Toho Gas and Korea Gas Corp (Kogas) as buyers, committing to offtake around 2.4 mtpa collectively.
Such long-term agreements normally underpin project finance and are critical before a final investment decision is taken.
But because Shell and partners Petronas, PetroChina, Mitsubishi and Kogas are such large players in the LNG market, they can absorb the output into their global portfolios without needing to find significant other buyers.
Under previously announced deals, Toho Gas will buy 0.3 mtpa, Tokyo Gas 0.6 mtpa and Kogas 0.7 mtpa from LNG Canada.
