据普氏能源资讯新加坡9月3日消息称，印度国家石油液化天然气公司首席执行官Prabhat Singh在采访中告诉普氏，该公司正考虑入股美国和其它国家的天然气项目，以加强对供应来源的控制。该公司预计印度的进口需求将大幅增长。
他补充称，拥有整个价值链将有助于该公司以更具竞争力的价格向印度运输天然气。
Singh 表示：“我们正在寻找油田。当我们获得井口气体的那一刻，我们就能以成本价获得天然气。我们也热衷于参与管道和液化终端的建设，这样我们就能成为整个产链的所有者。”
CEO表示：“由于商业环境和自由市场的力量，美国是一个非常积极的国家。但与此同时，我们也在放眼全球。”
作为印度政府和国营石油公司组建的合资企业，Petronet在该国进口液化天然气并建立液化天然气终端，该公司一直在推动液化天然气基础设施建设，以帮助增加该国的天然气消费。
该公司在印度西部古吉拉特邦的达赫(Dahej)建立了该国第一个也是最大的液化天然气终端，并在南部喀拉拉邦的高池(Kochi)建立了另一个终端。虽然达赫终端的产能从今年早些时候的1500万吨/年扩大到1750万吨/年，但由于缺乏管道基础设施，自2013年投入使用以来，500万吨/年的高池码头一直未得到充分利用。
曹海斌 摘译自 Platts
原文如下：
Petronet LNG sets eyes on buying into US gas projects
India's Petronet LNG is eyeing stakes in gas projects in the US and other countries in an effort to strengthen its grip on the supply sources as it expects India's import demand to grow sharply, CEO Prabhat Singh told S&P Global Platts in an interview.
Owning the entire value chain would help the company ship in gas at more competitive prices to India, he added.
"We are looking right up to the field. The moment I get my hand on well-head gas, it will help us to get gas at the cost price. We are also keen to take part in pipelines and liquefaction terminals -- so that we can become owners of the complete chain," Singh said.
"The US is a very positive country because of the business environment and the free market forces. But at the same time, we are also looking at the entire globe," the CEO said.
Formed as a joint venture by the Indian government and state-run oil companies to import LNG and set up LNG terminals in the country, Petronet has been leading efforts to boost LNG infrastructure to help increase gas consumption in the country.
It set up the country's first and largest LNG receiving terminal at Dahej in the western state of Gujarat and another terminal at Kochi in the southern state of Kerala. While the Dahej terminal's capacity was expanded to 17.5 million mt/year from 15 million mt/year earlier this year, the 5 million mt/year Kochi terminal has been heavily underutilized since it was commissioned in 2013 because of a lack of pipeline infrastructure.
