中国石化新闻网讯 据道琼斯7月31日消息,美国天然气公司正准备加快生产,以满足预期中的液化天然气(LNG)开发商的需求,LNG开发商们正在沿海地区修建液化工厂,向全球出口LNG。RBN能源公司称,除了已有的五条液化生产线(其中四条为钱尼尔能源公司位于路易斯安那州的Sabine Pass LNG设施,一条为Dominion位于马里兰州的Cove Point LNG),还有20条生产线正在建设中,以及十几条主要位于湾区以及俄勒冈州、佛罗里达州和阿拉斯加州的生产线处于接近最终投资决策之前的阶段。今年晚些时候和2019年及2020年将有额外的液化生产线投产的前景是美国生产商继续加大天然气生产的一个主要驱动因素。
唐绍红 摘译自 道琼斯
原文如下:
LNG Plant Construction, Gas Output a Booming Duo
US natural gas companies are preparing to ramp up production to meet the expected demand from developers building coastal plants to liquefy the gas and export it globally as LNG. RBN Energy says in addition to the five already-existing liquefaction trains--four at Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass LNG facility in Louisiana and one at Dominion's Cove Point LNG in Maryland--another 20 are under construction and a dozen or so others, mostly on the Gulf Coast but also in Oregon, Florida and Alaska, are in "pre-Final Investment Decision" stages. "The prospect of additional liquefaction trains coming online later this year and in 2019 and 2020 is a - if not the - leading driver behind plans by US producers to continue ratcheting up gas production."