據(jù)雪佛龍官網(wǎng)1月18日宣布，其在澳大利亞的子公司日前與中國新奧集團(tuán)液化天然氣（LNG）貿(mào)易公司簽署了一項(xiàng)不具約束力的意向性協(xié)議，根據(jù)這項(xiàng)協(xié)議，雪佛龍公司將從其在澳大利亞由其擔(dān)任作業(yè)者的高更天然氣項(xiàng)目向中國新奧集團(tuán)交付LNG。當(dāng)這筆交易完成時，中國新奧集團(tuán)LNG貿(mào)易公司預(yù)計(jì)在10年內(nèi)每年將接收50萬噸LNG，交付的時間將在2018年或2019年第一季度開始。
雪佛龍公司負(fù)責(zé)中游和開發(fā)的執(zhí)行副總裁邁克•沃斯說：“這是開發(fā)我們在澳大利亞天然氣業(yè)務(wù)又邁出的一步，這也表示我們與中國新的LNG買家的合作取得了進(jìn)一步進(jìn)展。”
雪佛龍澳大利亞分公司總經(jīng)理Roy Krzywosinski說：“由于高更項(xiàng)目的投產(chǎn)日期日益臨近，我們歡迎中國新奧集團(tuán)成為這個項(xiàng)目的一個新客戶。這筆交易顯示了從雪佛龍公司澳大利亞項(xiàng)目供應(yīng)LNG的競爭力。”
原文如下：
“This is one more step in the development of our Australian gas business and our global LNG portfolio,” said Mike Wirth, executive vice president, Chevron Midstream and Development. “It also represents further progress with new LNG buyers in China who are poised to transform the LNG landscape in that country.”
“As first LNG production from the Gorgon Project draws near, we welcome ENN as a new customer,” said Roy Krzywosinski, managing director, Chevron Australia. “This deal shows the competitiveness of LNG supply from Chevron’s Australian projects.”
As Chevron continues to grow into one of the world’s largest LNG suppliers, this HOA follows the recently announced non-binding LNG supply HoA with China Huadian Green Energy Co., Ltd.
ENN LNG Trading Company Limited is one of the subsidiaries of ENN Energy Holdings Ltd., which is one of the largest natural gas distribution companies in China. ENN Energy Holdings Ltd. operates in 146 cities across 17 provinces and autonomous regions, with over 11.3 million residential and 52 thousand industrial/commercial customers. ENN’s Zhoushan LNG receiving terminal is being constructed and expected to be in operation by 2018.
The Gorgon Project is a joint venture of the Australian subsidiaries of Chevron (47.3 percent), ExxonMobil (25 percent), Shell (25 percent), Osaka Gas (1.25 percent), Tokyo Gas (1 percent) and Chubu Electric Power (0.417 percent).
The Gorgon Project combines the development of the Gorgon Field and the nearby Jansz-Io Field. Facilities being built on Barrow Island include an LNG facility with three processing units capable of producing 15.6 MTPA of LNG, a carbon dioxide injection project and a domestic gas plant.
Chevron’s subsidiaries in Australia are also developing the Wheatstone Project as an LNG and domestic gas operation near Onslow, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The project’s initial capacity is expected to be 8.9 MTPA of LNG.
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