据普氏能源资讯1月3日新加坡报道，根据航运设施和市场参与者周四透露，壳牌将在1月底或2月初从澳大利亚的Prelude浮动液化天然气项目装载第一批凝析油。

一旦Prelude的凝析油产量达到峰值，并且现货市场上的货物越来越多，它可能成为替代伊朗南帕尔斯凝析油的顶级替代原料之一，供各亚洲炼油厂和石化公司使用。

航运设备显示，Prelude的第一批冷凝货物将装载一个8万吨的夹子，装载时间为1月31日至2月2日。

船舶经纪人说，一艘装载这些货物的船只还没有修好，壳牌公司周四开始寻找一艘Aframax油轮来装载这些货物。他们说，这艘船还没有得到确认，因为货物的受保人还需要几天的时间来考虑。

凝析油的目的地尚不清楚，不过装置显示有一个东部目的地，贸易消息人士称，这家石油巨头可能会在自己的分离器和炼油厂网络中使用这些货物。

贸易消息人士补充说，壳牌尚未积极在现货市场销售该项目的凝析油，并且尚未公布化验结果。

壳牌于12月26日宣布已开始生产该项目的天然气和凝析油，为未来几个月首批装运的液化天然气，液化石油气和凝析油铺平了道路。

由于部署了世界上最大的浮式设施，Prelude FLNG是近年来最受期待的液化天然气项目之一，其液化天然气生产能力为360万吨/年，凝析油130万吨/年，液化石油气40万吨/年。

该工厂位于西澳大利亚布鲁姆东北475公里处，由壳牌运营，持有67.5％的股份，日本勘探公司INPEX持有17.5％的股份，韩国的KOGAS为10％，台湾的CPC为5％。

李方征 编译自 普氏能源资讯

原文如下：

Shell to load first condensate cargo from Prelude FLNG project end Jan

Shell will load the first condensate cargo from Australia's Prelude Floating LNG project at the end of January or early February, according to shipping fixtures and market participants Thursday.

Once Prelude's condensate production hits its peak and more cargoes become readily available in the spot market, it could emerge as one of the top alternative feedstock to replace Iranian South Pars condensate for various Asian refiners and petrochemical companies.

The first condensate cargo from Prelude will be loaded in an 80,000-mt clip with a laycan of January 31 to February 2, shipping fixtures showed.

A vessel has not been fixed for the cargo, and Shell began looking for an Aframax tanker to load the cargo Thursday, shipbrokers said. The vessel is yet to be confirmed as the laycan is still several days away for owners to consider, they said.

The destination of the condensate cargo is unclear, although fixtures indicate an eastern destination and trade sources have said that the oil major will likely use the cargo within its own network of splitters and refineries.

Shell has not been actively marketing condensate cargoes from the project in the spot market yet, and an assay has not been made publicly available, trade sources added.

The first condensate cargo comes shortly after Shell announced on December 26 that it had started production of natural gas and condensate from the project, paving the way for the first cargoes of LNG, LPG and condensates to be shipped in coming months.

Prelude FLNG was one of the most anticipated LNG projects in recent years due to the deployment of the world's largest floating facility, with a production capacity of 3.6 million mt/year of LNG, 1.3 million mt/year of condensate and 0.4 million mt/year of LPG.

The facility, located 475 kilometers north-northeast of Broome in Western Australia, is operated by Shell with a 67.5% stake, Japanese explorer INPEX holding a 17.5% stake, South Korea's KOGAS 10% and Taiwan's CPC Corp. 5%.