据天然气加工2021年3月12日,多哈报道，卡塔尔石油公司（QP）日前与几家国际液化天然气（LNG）参与者签署了一项多边协议，与LNT Marine公司、美国船级社(ABS)等合作开发新的大中型LNG运输船设计。
这项多边协议为建立联合行业项目(JIP)铺平道路，这个项目旨在利用LNT a - box®LNG货物密封系统开发新的LNG运输船设计。这项多边协议的其他签署公司包括卡塔尔液化天然气公司(Qatargas)以及康菲公司、埃克森美孚公司、壳牌公司和道达尔公司的附属公司。
LNT a - box®LNG货物密封系统是一种新的设计，这种新的设计最近已部署在4.5万立方米新建的ABS级船‘Saga Dawn’上，该船在2020年第二季度进入商业服务。
卡塔尔能源事务国务部长、QP总裁兼首席执行官卡阿比表示，“我们很高兴与LNT Marine、ABS和SWS合作，为LNG海运业引入利用创新技术的新设计。通过这份协议，QP重申其致力于持续改善LNG行业的承诺，支持新概念，鼓励创新，以安全和经济的方式使整个行业受益。”
李峻 编译自 天然气加工
原文如下：
Qatar Petroleum signs multi-party agreement to develop new LNG carrier designs
Qatar Petroleum, along with several international LNG players, signed a multi-party agreement with LNT Marine, the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) to collaborate The agreement paves the way for the establishment of a Joint Industry Project (JIP) that targets the development of new LNG carrier designs utilizing the LNT A-BOX® LNG cargo containment system. Other signatories to the Agreement include Qatargas and affiliates of ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Shell and Total.
The LNT A-BOX® LNG cargo containment system is a new design that has recently been deployed Commenting on the agreement, His Excellency Mr. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, the Minister of State for Energy Affairs, the President & CEO of Qatar Petroleum said: “We are pleased to collaborate with LNT Marine, ABS, and SWS to introduce new designs utilizing innovative technologies to the LNG shipping industry. With this signing, Qatar Petroleum reaffirms its commitment to the continuous improvement of the LNG industry by supporting new concepts and encouraging innovation in areas that benefit the industry as a whole, in a safe and economic manner.”
