据普式达卡1月17日消息称，孟加拉国计划从2019年起加大对天然气和液化天然气行业的开放力度，以促进私人投资和加强能源安全，此举可能会增加国内下游竞争并影响现有与石油相关的液化天然气供应合同的竞争力。

巴基斯坦电力、能源和矿产资源部长纳斯鲁尔哈米德周一表示，该决定将在整个价值链中实施，从基础设施开发和液化天然气进口到再气化、管道分销和最终销售到最终用户。

哈米德说：“液化天然气再气化的价格将由市场基本面决定，私人投资者也可以通过支付可转让的费用，通过国家天然气网络分销他们的再气化液化天然气。”

印度和东亚更成熟的液化天然气进口商对下游天然气和电力行业进行放松管制并使之自由化的类似举措已经导致国内行业更具竞争力和多样性，增加了在液化天然气供应协议中风险管理和交付灵活性的必要性。

这降低了对与石油相关的、受目的地限制的长期液化天然气合同的需求，转而青睐于时间更短、规模更小、更灵活且价格不高于原油等相关商品的交易，而非LNG本身。

它还增加了该地区（特别是在印度）液化天然气合同重新谈判和纠纷的数量，因为进口商不再将再气化的液化天然气出售给受监管的天然气垄断企业，而是在竞争日益激烈的多参与者环境中，越来越多地受到液化天然气现货基本面和价格的影响。。

国有的孟加拉国家石油公司与布伦特原油签订了价值350万吨的长期合同，其中包括与拉斯加斯公司签订一份为期15年的250万吨/年的合同，以及与阿曼国际贸易公司从2019年开始的为期10年的100万吨/年的合同。

陈菲 摘译自 普氏能源资讯

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Bangladesh pushing with gas, LNG market liberalization in 2019

Bangladesh is planning to step up efforts to liberalize its gas and LNG sectors from 2019 in order to boost private investment and enhance energy security, a move that would likely increase domestic downstream competition and affect the competitiveness of existing oil-linked LNG supply contracts.

The decision is to be implemented across the value chain from infrastructure development and LNG imports to regasification, pipeline distribution and final sale to end-users, the state minister for power, energy and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid said Monday.

"The price of the regasified LNG would be determined by market fundamentals," Hamid said. "Private investors would also be allowed to distribute their regasified LNG through the national gas grid by paying a negotiable wheeling charge."

Similar moves to deregulate and liberalize downstream gas and power sectors by more established LNG importers in India and east Asia have led to more competitive and diverse domestic sectors, increasing the need for risk management and delivery flexibility in LNG supply agreements.

This has reduced demand for long-term oil-linked destination-restricted LNG contracts, in favor of deals that are shorter, smaller, more flexible and priced not against an associated commodity like crude oil, but LNG itself.

It has also increased the number of LNG contract renegotiations and disputes in the region, most notably in India, as importers are no longer selling the regasified LNG into regulated gas monopolies, but increasingly competitive multiplayer environments that are growing more and more exposed to LNG spot fundamentals and prices.

State-owned Petrobangla has binding Brent oil-linked long-term contracts worth 3.5 million mt, including an ongoing deal with RasGas for 2.5 million mt/year over 15 years, and one with Oman Trading International for 1 million mt/year over 10 years starting in 2019.