韩国公司提议在澳大利亚东海岸建终端进口LNG

中国石化新闻网讯 据WENews网站12月5日伦敦报道，一家总部设在韩国的公司日前提议在澳大利亚东海岸建造一个新的液化天然气（LNG）接收终端来进口LNG。这是在这个世界第二大LNG出口国为这样的一个项目提出的第5个建议。

在这些提议被提出前的两年里，位于澳大利亚东海岸的3个新LNG出口厂从东南部市场吸走了天然气，并将悉尼等地的天然气批发价格提高了近两倍。

韩国新成立的LNG浮式储存和再气化装置(FSRU)项目开发公司EPIK周三表示，已与澳大利亚纽卡斯尔港签署协议，就拟议中的FSRU进行初步工作。EPIK估计，这个项目将耗资4.3亿美元，其中包括陆上基础设施。

EPIK总经理Jee Yoon在声明中称：“我们相信，通过一个新的低成本FSRU终端进口LNG，我们将能够提供一个基础设施解决方案以及能够向该地区提供成本效益高的替代天然气供应来源。”

李峻 编译自 普氏能源资讯

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LNG Import Terminal Proposed for Australian port

A South Korea-based company has proposed building a terminal on Australia's east coast to import liquefied natural gas, the fifth proposal for such a project in the world's No.2 LNG exporter.

The proposals have come after three new LNG export plants on the east coast have sucked gas out of the southeastern market and nearly tripled wholesale gas prices in places such as Sydney over the past two years.

EPIK, a newly-formed LNG floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) project development company, on Wednesday said it had signed an agreement with the Port of Newcastle to do preliminary work on a proposed FSRU that it estimated would cost up to $430 million, including onshore infrastructure.

"We are confident that by importing LNG via a new, low-cost FSRU terminal, we will be able to provide an infrastructure solution that is capable of delivering a cost-efficient source of alternative gas supplies to the region," EPIK Managing Director Jee Yoon said in a statement.