据道琼斯8月2日消息,两位知情人士称,马来西亚国家石油公司Petronas正在考虑推迟加拿大的一个LNG项目,主要是担忧市场供应过剩以及价格低迷。知情人士告诉《华尔街日报》,LNG供应过剩以及油气价格走低已经令该项目没有吸引力。这两位知情人士拒绝透露该项目将延期多久。截至目前,马国油已经在这个位于加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省的估计投资达275亿美元的太平洋西北LNG项目上投入了约三分之一的资金,该项目将液化和出口天然气。据太平洋西北LNG公司网站悉,该项目原计划是在2019年正式投产。
张春晓摘译自道琼斯
原文如下:
DJ Malaysia's Petronas Mulls Delay to Canadian LNG Project
[Dow Jones] Malaysia's national oil firm, Petroliam Nasional, or Petronas, is considering delaying a Canadian liquefied-natural gas (LNG) project over concerns about oversupply and cheap competing fuels, according to two people familiar with the matter. The sources told The Wall Street Journal that the oversupply of LNG and lower oil and gas prices have rendered the project unattractive. They declined to say how long the delay might be. Petronas so far has put up roughly a third of the estimated $27.5 billion cost of the Pacific NorthWest LNG project in British Columbia, which will liquefy and export natural gas. The plan has been to begin commercial operations in 2019, according to the Pacific NorthWest website.