壳牌推迟作出加拿大LNG项目最终投资决定

据World Energy News网站2月4日伦敦报道，由于荷兰皇家壳牌公司把其在加拿大的LNG项目的最终投资决定推迟到2016年底作出，加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省（BC省）旨在成为北美洲下一个主要LNG出口地的雄心壮志4日遭遇了另外一次打击。

导致这个欧洲最大石油公司作出推迟最终投资决定的主要原因是壳牌公司去年年度收益创下过去十多年最低水平以及壳牌公司表示在需要时将采取进一步措施削减成本来应对低油价。

位于BC省北部海岸线的LNG加拿大项目是在现在放缓建造加拿大第一个LNG出口终端比赛中的领跑者之一，这个项目已经获得了其关键的环境许可证。

同样位于BC省北部的一个以马来西亚国家石油公司为首的LNG项目在去年6月获得了有条件的最终投资决定，但环境审查仍在进行之中。由于新规则要求考虑上游天然气生产的排放，因此，这个项目可能被进一步推迟。

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原文如下：

Shell pushes back investment decision on Canadian LNG project

World Energy News

February 4, 2016

British Columbia's ambitions to become North America's next major liquefied natural gas exporter took another hit on Thursday, as Royal Dutch Shell pushed back a final investment decision (FID) on its LNG Canada project to late 2016.

The delay came as Europe's largest oil company reported its lowest annual income in over a decade and said it would take further steps to cut costs to cope with weak oil prices if needed.

LNG Canada, located on British Columbia's rugged northern coastline, is one of the frontrunners in a now slowing race to build Canada's first LNG export terminal. It has already been granted its key environmental permits.

A Petronas-led project, also in the province's north, was given a conditional FID in June 2015, but an environmental review is still underway and could be further delayed by new rules requiring reviews to consider the emissions of upstream gas production.