中国石化新闻网讯 据管道&天然气杂志网3月1日报道，位于加拿大艾伯塔省卡尔加里的管道运营商恩桥公司（Enbridge Inc.）表示，将以3.35亿美元的价格收购美国墨西哥湾沿岸地区Tres Palacios的一个天然气储存设施，以加强其液化天然气出口业务。
预计将于今年第二季度完成的该交易，有望利用北美液化天然气出口的高需求，此前西方在地缘政治冲突后对主要生产国实施制裁，减少了本已紧张的全球供应。
Tres Palacios天然气储存设施目前的容量约为350亿立方英尺，为得克萨斯州和墨西哥的天然气发电服务。
此外，该加拿大公司周三表示，Enbridge宣布今年将在天然气和液体基础设施以及可再生能源领域投资33亿加元（24.2亿美元），预计到2025年，该公司的核心收入年增长率将达到4%-6%。
该投资还将包括总计24亿加元的输气现代化投资。
该管道运营商还决定继续建设恩桥休斯敦石油终端，初始资本成本为2.4亿美元。
恩桥还承诺向美国一家将食物垃圾转化为能源的公司Divert Inc.投资10亿美元，这是大型能源公司在沼气领域一系列投资中的最新一笔。沼气可以取代传统天然气，但生产成本更高。
公司首席执行官Greg Ebel在一份声明中称：“我们将继续保持执行其他增值、提高价值活动的灵活性，如变相收购和向股东返还额外资本。”
该公司早些时候曾表示，预计在2023年部署约60亿加元的投资，包括维护所需投资。
(1美元= 1.3585加元)
郝芬 译自 管道&天然气杂志网
原文如下：
Pipeline Operator Enbridge to Buy US Gulf Coast Gas Storage Facility for $335 Million
Calgary, Alberta-based pipeline operator Enbridge Inc. said it would buy a gas storage facility in Tres Palacios in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico coast region for $335 million to strengthen its LNG export business.
The deal, expected to close in the second quarter, looks to tap into high demand for North American LNG exports after Western sanctions>The Tres Palacios gas storage facility currently has a capacity of about 35 billion cubic feet and serves gas-fired power generation in Texas and Mexico.
Additionally, Enbridge announced that it will invest C$3.3 billion ($2.42 billion) in natural gas and liquids infrastructure and in renewable power this year and expects an annual core earnings growth rate of 4% to 6% through 2025, the Canadian company said>The investment will also include gas transmission modernization capital totaling C$2.4 billion.
The pipeline operator has also decided to proceed with the construction of the Enbridge Houston Oil Terminal for an initial capital cost of $240 million.
Enbridge also committed $1 billion to Divert Inc, a U.S-based company that converts food waste to energy, the latest in a string of investments by major energy companies in biogas, which can replace traditional natural gas but is more costly to produce.
"We will continue to maintain the flexibility to execute>The company had earlier said it expects to deploy about C$6 billion of capital in 2023, inclusive of maintenance capital.
($1 = 1.3585 Canadian dollars)
