中国石化新闻网讯 据油价网2月17日消息称，印度最大的天然气公司GAIL India正在寻求购买美国液化天然气出口项目的权益。
值此之际，尽管欧洲对超冷燃料的需求下降导致价格暴跌，但对有限的液化天然气供应的竞争仍在加剧。
根据这家印度公司在其网站上发布的一份意向书，该公司对收购现有液化天然气出口设施或仍处于规划阶段的设施的股份持开放态度。
在数量方面，GAIL在意向书中表示，从2026年开始，它希望每年从其已购置权益的设施内获得100万吨液化天然气。
印度政府计划到2030年将天然气在其发电结构中的比例从目前的6%提高到15%，长期协议显然是实现这一目标的安全方式。然而，对液化天然气货物的竞争加剧，减少了可用于长期交易的天然气数量。
今年早些时候，另一家印度天然气巨头Petronet表示，根据新的长期协议，该公司正在寻求每年额外购买至多1200万吨液化天然气。ADNOC和诺瓦泰克等公司正在与这家印度天然气进口商讨论此类交易。
与此同时，政府正在努力在中期将印度的液化天然气进口终端能力从目前的2250万吨再扩大53%。
美国有十几个新的液化天然气项目处于规划阶段，但根据路透社最近的计算，其中只有三个有机会在今年得到最终投资决定。
曹海斌 摘译自 油价网
原文如下：
India’s Largest Natural Gas Company Seeks Stake In U.S. LNG Project
GAIL India, the biggest natural gas company in the country is looking to buy an interest in an LNG export project in the United States.
The move comes as competition for limited LNG supply intensifies despite a slump in prices due to Europe’s lower demand for the superchilled fuel.
According to an expression of interest, published by the Indian company>As regards volume, GAIL said in the expression of interest it was looking to buy 1 million tons of LNG annually from the facility it buys into, beginning in 2026.
India’s government plans to increase the share of natural gas in its power generation mix from 6 percent currently to 15 percent by 2030 and long-term deals are clearly>Earlier this year, another Indian gas major, Petronet, said it was looking for annual LNG purchases of up to 12 million tons in additional supply under new long-term deals. ADNOC and Novatek are among the companies discussing such deals with the Indian gas importer.
The government, meanwhile, is working to expand India’s LNG import terminal capacity by 53 percent from the current 22.5 million tons in the medium term.
There are a dozen new LNG projects in the planning stage in the United States but, per recent Reuters calculations, just three of these have a chance of getting a final investment decision this year.
