加拿大卡尔加里的液化天然气合作商(Rockies LNG Partners)正在为他们的生产寻找新的市场，考虑在不列颠哥伦比亚省(British Columbia)沿海的驳船上建设一个出口项目。
该公司首席执行官Greg Kist在接受采访时表示，虽然尚未做出任何决定，但是该公司认为浮动液化天然气设施是一种成本较低的选择，而且对环境的影响也“显著”较小。他说，该公司正在考虑年产约12万吨的项目，这将需要3艘大型运输船。
加拿大落基山脉液化天然气合作商包括利丰石油天然气有限公司和Peyto勘探开发公司，这两家公司联合起来寻找新的天然气出口渠道。因为加拿大天然气管道的局限性和美国页岩气的大量供应导致了当地的天然气价格一直在下降。
一个有发展前景的液化天然气项目将利用加拿大丰富的天然气供应和需要使用更多液化天然气的亚洲市场。此前，荷兰皇家壳牌公司(Royal Dutch Shell)斥资300亿美元在加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省(British Columbia)海岸建设了液化天然气项目。
Kist表示，公司仍在寻求增加更多的合作商。此外，该公司正在与“少数几家大型液化天然气公司和液化天然气买家”讨论为该项目提供资金。他说，公司也和将受到该项目影响的当地企业交流，并对当地企业参与该项目持“非常开放”的态度。
赵斌 摘译自 世界石油新闻网
原文如下：
Canadian gas drillers pursue plan for floating LNG project
Rockies LNG Partners, a group of Canadian natural gas drillers seeking new markets for their production, is considering building an export project on barges floating off the coast of British Columbia.
While no decisions have been made, the group sees a floating liquefied natural gas facility as a less-expensive option that also would have a “significantly” smaller environmental footprint, Rockies LNG Chief Executive Officer Greg Kist said in an interview. The group is considering projects that could produce roughly 12 MM tons per year, which would require three barges, he said.
Rockies LNG represents producers including Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. and Peyto Exploration & Development Corp., which banded together to pursue new outlets for their gas as pipeline bottlenecks in Canada and an abundance of supplies from U.S. shale have pushed down local prices for years.
A potential LNG project would take advantage of Canada’s prolific gas supplies and proximity to Asian markets that are using more of the fuel. The facility would follow the $30 billion Royal Dutch Shell Plc-led LNG Canada project on British Columbia’s coast.
The group still is looking to add more producers to its ranks, and it’s in discussions with “a handful of very large LNG players and LNG buyers” about helping fund the project, Kist said. Rockies also is speaking with indigenous communities that would be affected by the project and is “very open” to the possibility of those communities taking a stake in the project, he said.
