据普氏能源资讯2019年8月1日雅加达报道，印尼能源和矿业部长伊格纳休斯?约南周三对记者表示，由于印尼将在2024年前推出新的液化天然气（LNG）项目，因此，印尼在2025年前将不再需要进口液化天然气（LNG）来满足此前预期的国内天然气产量缺口。

上述乐观预测是基于修订后的生产前景和一项吸引上游投资的修订计划。近几个月，印尼上游投资已导致重大发现和项目获得批准。

约南说：“如果成功，这一系列新项目将意味着拥有全球最大未开发天然气储量之一的印尼，将保持LNG出口国的地位，同时满足日益增长的国内天然气需求。”

约南是在出席在雅加达举行的天然气印尼会议间隙对采访他的媒体记者发表上述讲话的。他表示：“除了液化石油气，印尼永远不需要进口天然气。”

印尼政府此前发布了一份关于天然气市场供需平衡的研究报告，该报告估计，随着现有气田的枯竭，以及没有新的气田被商业化，从2025年起，印尼天然气进口将出现需求。

约南说，自从这项研究发表以来，印尼已经有了新的发现，包括雷普索尔公司的Sakakemang气田，该气田可能拥有多达2万亿立方英尺的储量。雷普索尔公司已承诺把这个项目投产时间从5年加速至3年。

李峻 编译自 Platts

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Indonesia scraps LNG import plans on higher production outlook

Indonesia will no longer need to import LNG by 2025 to meet the shortfall in domestic natural gas production as previously expected, as the country brings new projects on stream by 2024, the energy minister told reporters Wednesday.

The upbeat projections are based on a revised production outlook and a revamped plan to attract upstream investment that have led to major discoveries and project approvals in recent months.

If successful, the bevy of new projects will mean that Indonesia, which has one of the world's largest untapped gas reserves, will maintain its position as an LNG exporter and simultaneously meet growing domestic gas demand.

"Indonesia will never need to import gas, unless it's LPG," Energy and Mines Minister Ignasius Jonan told reporters on the sidelines of the Gas Indonesia conference in Jakarta.

The government previously issued a study on the supply-demand balance of gas markets that estimated a need for imports from 2025 as current fields deplete and no new ones were being commercialized.

Jonan said that since the study was published new discoveries have been made including Repsol's Sakakemang gas field that may contain as much as 2 Tcf of reserves.

Spanish oil company Repsol is committed to accelerate the project to three years from five, the minister said.