日本西部燃气与诺瓦泰克组建合资企业销售LNG

中国石化新闻网讯 据全球能源新闻网2019年9月8日东京报道，日本天然气分销公司西部燃气公司（Saibu gas）和俄罗斯液化天然气（LNG）项目运营商俄罗斯第2大天然气公司诺瓦泰克（Novatek）日前公布了两家公司组建合资企业的计划。

诺瓦泰克宣布，在俄罗斯联邦经济发展部长马克西姆·奥列什金的见证下，诺瓦泰克近日与日本西部燃气公司签署了旨在组建合资企业销售LNG的框架协议。

根据协议，双方打算组建一个合资企业专注于向终端客户销售LNG和天然气，在日本和亚洲地区开发船舶加燃料和燃气发电业务以及在Hibiki液化天然气终端建造和运行一个新的LNG储罐。

诺瓦泰克管理委员会主席列奥尼德?米赫尔松表示：“在实施进入主要天然气消费国的终端客户市场的战略方面，我们又向前迈出了重要一步。日本是其中最大的市场之一，也是LNG的长期消费国。”

米赫尔松补充道：“我们与日本西部燃气公司建立的合资企业，使我们能够提高天然气供应的市场灵活性，并在这个重要的天然气消费地区为我们的LNG销售创造额外的机会。”

李峻 编译自 全球能源新闻

原文如下：

Saibu Gas, Novatek JV to Market LNG

Japanese natural gas distribution company Saibu Gas and Russian LNG project operator Novatek revealed plans to form a joint venture.

Novatek announced that it has signed the Heads of Agreement (HoA) with Saibu Gas in the presence of the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Maxim Oreshkin.

According to the Agreement, the Parties intend to establish a joint venture focused on marketing LNG and natural gas to end customers and developing the business for bunkering and gas-fired power generation in Japan and the Asian region, as well as constructing and operating a new LNG storage tank at the Hibiki LNG terminal.

“We have made another important step forward in implementing our strategy to enter the end customer market in key gas consuming countries, among which Japan is one the biggest markets and long time consumer of LNG,” noted Leonid Mikhelson, NOVATEK’s Chairman of the Management Board.

“The creation of our joint venture with Saibu Gas allows us to increase the marketing flexibility of natural gas supplies and create additional opportunities for LNG sales in this important gas consuming region,” Mikhelson added.