中国石化新闻网讯 据美国彭博新闻社2022年11月7日沙姆沙伊赫报道，坦桑尼亚能源部长马坎巴11月7日在沙姆沙伊赫表示，坦桑尼亚将于12月与包括挪威能源巨头Equinor ASA和英国壳牌公司在内的4个石油巨头签署关键协议，为计划中的400亿美元液化天然气（LNG）出口项目铺平道路。
马坎巴是在出席在埃及沙姆沙伊赫举行的COP27国际气候峰会期间对采访他的媒体记者发表上述讲话的。马坎巴说：“这正在发生。我们将在12月结束对话。我们现在正在讨论财政方案。”
由于欧洲国家寻找可以长期替代产能大国能源供应的LNG项目，这些项目因多年的漫长谈判而被推迟。
马坎巴说，这些协议将包括最终的东道国政府协议，其中列出了项目的条款、项目法律和利益分成协议。他说，最终投资决定可能会在2025年1月做出，允许在2030年前开始出口LNG。
天然气将从3个区块输送到计划年产1500万吨LNG的工厂。其他参与此关键协议的公司包括埃克森美孚公司和Pavilion能源公司。
坦桑尼亚和包括莫桑比克和尼日利亚在内的其他非洲国家正在寻求增加天然气产量，而世界正试图限制使用导致全球气候变暖的化石燃料。
非洲领导人主张利用其资源，在发电量最少的非洲大陆增加能源供应，并提振仍受到疫情影响的经济。
马坎巴说，坦桑尼亚正在尽其所能，采用新技术来减少天然气的污染。
他说：“这个项目的设计方式将使其成为有史以来最清洁的天然气项目。”“就气体化学本身而言，天然气是世界上二氧化碳含量最低的令人惊讶的气体之一。”
李峻 编译自 美国彭博新闻社
原文如下：
Tanzania, Equinor, Shell to sign key $40 billion LNG-project accords next month
November 07, 2022
(Bloomberg) — Tanzania will sign key agreements with oil majors including Equinor ASA and Shell Plc next month to pave the way for a planned $40 billion liquefied natural gas export project, according to the nation’s Energy Minister January Makamba.
“It’s happening,” January Makamba said in an interview in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where he is attending the COP27 international climate summit. “In December, we will conclude the conversation. We are in the fiscal package discussions now.”
The project, delayed by years of prolonged negotiations, has gained urgency as European countries look for liquefied natural gas projects that can be long-term replacements for energy supplies from the larger producer.
The accords will include the final Host Government Agreement, which spells out terms of the project, the project law and the benefit-sharing agreement, Makamba said. A final investment decision could be reached in January 2025, allowing exports to start before 2030, he said.
Gas will be delivered from three blocks to the plant planned with capacity to produce 15 million tons of liquefied gas a year. The other companies involved are Exxon Mobil Corp. and Pavilion Energy.
Tanzania and other African countries, including Mozambique and Nigeria, are seeking to ramp up production of gas when the world is trying to limit the use of fossil fuels that cause global warming.
African leaders have argued for exploiting their resources to increase energy supply>Tanzania is doing all it can and employing new technologies to make its gas less dirty, Makamba said.
“The project will be designed in such a way that it will be the cleanest gas project ever,” he said. “The gas chemistry itself, it’s one of the amazingly gas with the lowest CO2 content in the world.”
