据路透社休斯顿10月16日报道，金德摩根首席执行长Steven Kean周三表示，预计该公司在厄尔巴岛（Elba）的液化天然气（LNG）出口设施的其余九个单元将在明年上半年投入使用。
金德摩根厄尔巴岛工厂的第一个单元上个月开始生产LNG出口，是美国几个增加全球天然气供应的新项目之一。
Kean在一次收益电话会议上告诉投资者，公司计划在今年再启用三个投入服务，另外六个将在2020年上半年启用。
Kean说，自去年年底以来，该设施经历了周期性的拖延，这拖累了我们的财务表现。首席财务官David Michaels说，由于延迟导致了差异，预计公司在2019年结束时，调整后的税前收入将比预算低3%。
联邦能源监管委员会 (FERC) 在9月30日的一份文件中批准了金德摩根开始LNG生产和出口的请求。
Kean说，在德克萨斯州，美国最大的油田——二叠纪盆地，每天开发20亿立方英尺天然气管道的商业活动已经放缓，因为一些生产商在二叠纪的活动有所缩减。
他说：“我们相信这条管道是需要的，但可能不会像我们3个月前预期的那么快。”
上个月，该公司将同样大小的墨西哥湾Express输油管道投入使用，略早于计划。二叠纪盆地长期以来一直需要额外的天然气输送能力，因为其产量超过了输送该地区（德克萨斯州西部和新墨西哥州）天然气所需的管道空间。
Kean说，另外三个运输能力为20亿立方英尺/日的天然气管道项目将于2019年至2021年投产，而二叠纪Pass管道在2022年可能不再需要。
詹晓晶 摘自 路透社
原文如下：
Kinder Morgan to have all Elba Island LNG units in service by mid-2020 -CEO
Kinder Morgan Inc expects to bring the remaining nine units of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility at Elba Island into service by the first half of next year, Chief Executive Officer Steven Kean said on Wednesday.
The first unit of Kinder Morgan’s Elba Island facility began producing LNG natural gas for export last month, and is one of several new U.S. projects adding to global supplies.
The Houston pipeline operator plans to bring three more into service this year, with another six to start up in the first half of 2020, Kean told investors on an earnings call.
The facility has experienced periodic delays since late last year, which had been “a drag on our financial performance,” Kean said. The company expects to end 2019 with adjusted pre-tax earnings 3% below its budget, with the delays contributing to the variance, Chief Financial Officer David Michaels said.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved Kinder Morgan’s request to begin LNG production and exports in a filing dated Sept. 30.
In Texas, commercial activity to develop a 2 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) natural gas pipeline project in the Permian Basin, the largest U.S. oil field, has slowed, because of “some producer retrenchment in their Permian activities,” Kean said.
“We believe the pipeline is needed, but it may not be needed quite as soon as we were expecting 3 months ago,” he said.
The company brought its Gulf Coast Express pipeline, of the same size, into service last month, slightly ahead of schedule. The Permian Basin has long needed additional gas takeaway capacity as output overwhelmed pipeline space needed to transport the gas out the region, in West Texas and New Mexico.
Three other gas pipeline projects with capacity of 2 bcfd are slated to come online from 2019 to 2021, and the Permian Pass pipeline “may not be needed in 2022,” Kean said.
