据世界天然气网11月13日消息，马来西亚液化天然气运输巨头、马来西亚国家石油公司（Petronas）旗下子公司MISC表示，今年前9个月的收入较2018年同期大幅增长。

在截至今年9月30日的9个月中,集团收入为65.8亿林吉特（15.8亿美元），比2018年同期的63.9亿林吉特（15.4亿美元）增长了3.1％ 。

截至2019年9月30日的季度，集团收入为21.4亿林吉特（5.172亿美元），比上一季度的22.3亿林吉特（5.368亿美元）下降了3.7％。

继2018年12月和2019年1月干船坞运营减少和收购两家LNG运输船之后，本季度营运船舶数量增加。液化天然气业务板块的增长对集团本季度和九个月期间的收入产生了积极影响。

液化天然气业务部门营业利润有所增加，这主要归功于收入的增长以及浮动存储装置（FSU）的额外租船费率。

此外，由于本期LNG运输船的改装工程和干船坞服务贡献较高，重型工程业务经营亏损减少。

展望未来，MISC表示，在液化天然气运输领域，现货价格的飙升提高了人们的预期，即为强劲的冬季市场奠定了基础。

然而吨位可用性仍然较低，预计未来几个月，美国液化产能的增加将进一步推动现货价格。尽管如此，MISC的LNG业务部门的营业收入仍将由已签订的长期合同组合承保。

王桌芳 摘译自 世界天然气

原文如下：

MISC nine-month revenue lifted by LNG business

Malaysian LNG shipping giant MISC, a unit of Petronas, said its revenue for the first nine months of the year jumped in comparison to the corresponding period in 2018.

Group revenue for the 9 months period ended September 30, 2019, of 6.58 billion Malaysian ringgit ($1.58 billion) was 3.1 percent higher than the revenue for the corresponding 9 months period ended September 30, 2018, of 6.39 billion Malaysian ringgit ($1.54 billion).

Group revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2019, of 2.14 billion Malaysian ringgit ($517.2 million) was 3.7 percent lower than the corresponding quarter’s revenue of 2.23 billion Malaysian ringgit ($536.8 million).

The group revenue for the quarter and nine-month period was positively impacted by the uplift in the LNG business segment which was contributed by the higher number of operating vessels in the current quarter following lower drydocking and acquisition of two LNG carriers, each in December 2018 and January 2019.

The LNG business segment recorded higher operating profit, mainly contributed by higher revenue as well as additional charter rate for floating storage units (FSU).

Furthermore, lower operating loss was recorded in the Heavy Engineering segment following higher contribution from conversion works and dry-docking services on LNG carriers in the current period.

Moving forward, MISC said that in the LNG shipping segment, a surge in spot rates has raised expectation that the ground is being laid for a robust winter market.

Tonnage availability remains low and increased US liquefaction capacity is expected to drive spot rates further in the coming months. Nevertheless, the operating income of MISC’s LNG Business segment continues to be underwritten by the portfolio of long-term contracts that are in place.