据路透社4月22日休斯敦报道,意大利能源巨头埃尼公司首席执行官克劳迪奥·德斯卡尔西22日在休斯敦表示,莫桑比克的低天然气开采费用将允许埃尼公司从这个非常有竞争力的国家里生产LNG。
德斯卡尔西是在休斯敦举行的HIS CEREWeek国际能源会议上发表上述讲话的。他说,埃尼公司在莫桑比克的LNG设施将在2020年开始运作。最后投资决定预计在今年年底前作出。
他说,埃尼公司在莫桑比克的产气井可以在几周内陆续投产。
埃尼公司在今年早些时候的一份战略更新报告中表示,埃尼公司计划在其在莫桑比克巨型气田Mamba气田建造一个陆上LNG厂和两个浮式LNG厂,这3个LNG厂将年产1000万吨LNG。
非洲最穷国家之一的莫桑比克希望在来自竞争对手新一波供应进入市场前开始有利可图的LNG出口。
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Eni CEO Says Mozambique Gas 'Competitive' Due To Low Costs
HOUSTON, April 22 (Reuters) - Low natural gas extraction costs in Mozambique will allow Italian energy company Eni SpA to produce liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the country that is very competitive, Chief Executive Officer Claudio Descalzi said on Wednesday.
Descalzi, speaking at IHS CERAWeek in Houston, said the company's LNG facilities would become operational in Mozambique in 2020. A final investment decision is expected before the end of 2015.
He said wells could be brought online in the space of several weeks.
In a strategy update earlier this year, Eni said it plans to build an onshore LNG plant and two floating LNG plants in its giant Mamba field, with a combined capacity of 10 million tonnes per annum.
Mozambique, one of Africa's poorest countries, wants to begin lucrative exports before a wave of new supply from rivals enters the market.