中国石化新闻网讯 据油价网2月15日消息称，长期以来，加拿大能源行业一直在哀叹，该国错过了全球液化天然气需求激增的机会。液化天然气最初是用来替代煤炭的，现在是用来替代欧洲所需的管道天然气。
拥有1373万亿立方英尺天然气的加拿大在液化天然气领域起步较晚，这主要是联邦政府政策和环保主义者反对的结果。然而，尽管面临多重挑战，该国的第一个液化天然气终端预计将在大约两年后开始运营。然而，在那之前，有一家生产商已经找到了另一种将天然气输送到国际市场的方式。
加拿大最大的天然气生产商电气石石油公司正将天然气从不列颠哥伦比亚省东北部经芝加哥运往得克萨斯州的墨西哥湾沿岸，Cheniere Energy在芝加哥将其液化并运往海外。光是到墨西哥湾沿岸就有3000英里的路程，而且还有更多的路程要走。
据彭博社报道，这是“一条创纪录的道路”。据彭博社报道，Tourmaline与Cheniere Energy签订了一份为期15年的合同，每天提供1.4亿立方英尺的天然气，相当于每月约一艘LNG船运力。它的价格是当地市场上天然气价格的十倍。
曹海斌 摘译自 油价网
原文如下：
Canada’s Largest Gas Producer Finds Way To Sell Its Gas At 10x Its Usual Price
The energy industry in Canada has long lamented the fact that the country is missing out>That Canada, which has 1,373 trillion cubic feet of gas, is late to the LNG party has been mostly the result of federal government policies and environmentalist opposition. Yet despite the multiple challenges, the country’s first LNG terminal is expected to start operating in about two years. Until then, however,>Tourmaline Oil Corp., the largest natural gas producer in Canada, is sending its natural gas from northeastern British Columbia to the Gulf Coast in Texas by way of Chicago, where Cheniere Energy liquefies it and ships it overseas. It’s a 3,000-mile journey to the Gulf Coast alone-and there are more miles to travel.
According to Bloomberg, this is “a record-setting path.” Tourmaline has a 15-year contract with Cheniere Energy for 140 million cu ft of gas daily, which is equal to about one LNG cargo a month, per Bloomberg. And it’s getting paid ten times what gas sells for on the local market.
