中國石化新聞網(wǎng)訊 據(jù)油價網(wǎng)7月26日消息稱，雪佛龍正在考慮在地中海東部建造一個浮式液化天然氣接收站，作為亞洲和歐洲的出口中心。
雪佛龍全球天然氣主管在接受日本日經(jīng)新聞采訪時表示，東地中海地區(qū)“供應(yīng)順暢，所以會有新的發(fā)展前景。我們正著眼于該市場的浮式液化天然氣”。
雪佛龍是諾貝爾能源Noble Energy的母公司，Noble Energy在以色列地中海部分的幾個大型海上天然氣項目中持有股份。據(jù)日經(jīng)新聞報道，該地區(qū)最大的利維坦油氣田擁有超過6000億立方米的可采儲量，相當(dāng)于4.4億噸液化天然氣。
在該報告發(fā)布的幾天前，雪佛龍?zhí)烊粴鈽I(yè)務(wù)負(fù)責(zé)人Freeman Shaheen表示，該公司沒有在美國建設(shè)液化天然氣產(chǎn)能的計劃。
Shaheen在接受路透社采訪時表示，這個決定基本上是在建設(shè)液化天然氣出口能力和在二疊紀(jì)鉆更多井之間做出選擇，最后還是決定在海外投資，包括在東地中海。
雪佛龍是二疊紀(jì)盆地開采的最大參與者，擁有約220萬英畝的資產(chǎn)，其產(chǎn)量一直在增長。比起在墨西哥灣沿岸建造一個液化天然氣接收站，在以色列地中海沿岸建造這樣一個接收站似乎更具有商業(yè)價值。
事實上，在東地中海沿岸該地點離歐洲和亞洲這兩個最大的液化天然氣市場更近是有意義的。這將使未來終端生產(chǎn)的液化天然氣對更多買家來說更實惠，對生產(chǎn)商來說更有利可圖。
曹海斌 譯自 油價網(wǎng)
原文如下：
Chevron Considers Building LNG Export Terminal In The Mediterranean
Chevron is considering the construction of a floating LNG terminal in the Eastern Mediterranean to use as an export hub for Asia and Europe.
That’s according to Chevron’s global head of gas, who spoke to Japan’s Nikkei, saying that the Eastern Mediterranean was "being supplied really well, so [there's] going to be another development. We're looking at floating LNG in that market.
Chevron is the parent company of Noble Energy, which has stakes in several large offshore gas projects in the Israeli section of the Mediterranean. The biggest, Leviathan, has recoverable reserves of more than 600 billion cubic meters which, according to Nikkei, is equivalent to 440 million tons of liquefied natural gas.
The report comes out several days after Chevron’s top gas man, Freeman Shaheen, said the company had no plans to build LNG capacity in the United States.
Speaking to Reuters, Shaheen said that the decision was basically a choice between building LNG export capacity and drilling more wells in the Permian or investing abroad, including in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Chevron is the largest player in the Permian with some 2.2 million acres in assets and its production there has been growing. And while it may not make business sense to build an LNG terminal on the Gulf Coast, it seems to make business sense to build such a terminal off the Israeli Mediterranean coast.
Indeed, it does make sense for the location to be much closer to the two biggest LNG markets these days, Europe and Asia. That would make the LNG produced at the future terminal more affordable for more buyers and more profitable for the producers.
