据国外媒体10月8日巴黎报道,国际能源署(IEA)最近的报告指出,加拿大在2020年前将无法拥有任何的液化天然气(LNG)出口项目,这将为美国LNG供应商在全球市场上占据主导地位铺平道路。
IEA在报告中说,加拿大目前正在与美国的LNG项目竞争,美国的LNG项目在现有的天然气基础设施上已经具有将被开发的明显优势,这种优势将减少资本支出并使许可更容易获得。
IEA说,美国各地的LNG项目时下进展迅速,这些项目将向出口发展,多数专家同意美国在2024年前将年出口6000万吨LNG,从而使得美国成为世界上第三大LNG出口国。
然而,IEA认为,如果加拿大行动迅速以及加拿大政府能够在批准出口项目上达成共识,对加拿大来说机会依然存在。
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原文如下:
United States Emerging as Most Attractive LNG Supplier to Asian Markets
North American Energy News
October 8, 2015
Recent reports by the International Energy Agency note that Canada will fail to have any liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects up and running before 2020, paving the way for United States suppliers to dominate.
Canada is presently competing with LNG projects in the United States that already have the distinct advantage of being developed around existing gas infrastructure, which reduces capital expenditure and makes permitting easier to secure.
New projects across the United States are progressing fast with their development towards exports, which most experts agree will amount to more 60 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG by the year 2024, making the United States the third largest exporter in the world. However, opportunities for Canada still remain if it acts fast and the federal government can form a consensus view to grant approval for export projects.