据世界天然气网站12月10日报道，全球最大的商品交易公司之一托克（Trafigura）表示，由于亚洲需求激增，其2018财年的液化天然气产量增长了22％。
Trafigura的年度报告显示，总部位于日内瓦的独立公司在截至9月30日的财政年度交易量为985万吨，而去年同期为810万吨。
该公司称，这一数字得益于对中国和韩国的销售，Trafigura的液化天然气业务在亚洲的份额跃升至30%。
Trafigura在报告中指出:“如今，液化天然气业务因地理位置的不同而呈现令人满意的多元化，在欧洲、中东、美洲以及亚洲拥有重要的客户基础，而且我们还拥有充足的基础设施，如储罐和定期租船等。”
该公司表示:“这使我们能够充分利用全球套利机会，根据市场信号，迅速将液化天然气货物从欧洲转移到亚洲。”
展望未来，Trafigura预计液化天然气需求将在明年继续保持上升趋势，以适应美国，澳大利亚和俄罗斯的新产品上线。
Trafigura补充说，它“有利于”供应市场，尤其是凭借2018年与液化天然气生产商签署的一系列多年期承购协议。
“特别是，根据我们与Cheniere Energy签订的15年采购协议，首批货物将于明年1月份发货，标志着一项每年100万吨合同的开始，”该交易商表示。
李方征 编译自 世界天然气
原文如下：
Trafigura boosts LNG volumes by 22 percent
Trafigura,The Geneva-based independent company traded 9.85 million tonnes in the financial year that ended September 30, as compared to 8.1 million tonnes a year ago, according to Trafigura’s annual report.
This figure was boosted by sales to China and South Korea, with the Asian share of Trafigura’s LNG business jumping to 30 percent, it said.
“The LNG book is now satisfactorily diversified by geography, with an important customer base in Europe, Middle East and the Americas as well as Asia, and is supported by our ample access to infrastructure such as storage tanks and timechartered LNG vessels,” Trafigura noted in the report.
“This enabled us to take full advantage of the global arbitrage opportunities by rapidly switching LNG cargoes from Europe, say, to Asia in response to market signals,” it said.
Looking forward, Trafigura expects LNG demand to continue its upward trajectory over the next year to accommodate the new production from US, Australia and Russia coming Trafigura added it is “well positioned” to supply the market, not least by virtue of a series of multi-year offtake agreements signed with LNG producers in 2018.
“In particular, the first cargo under our 15-year purchase agreement with Cheniere Energy is due to ship in January, marking the start of a contract amounting to
