Sempra寻求更多时间来完成Cameron LNG出口工厂

据路透社报道，美国能源公司Sempra能源要求美国能源监管机构提供更多的时间来完成其在路易斯安那州价值100亿美元的卡梅隆液化天然气（Cameron LNG）出口工厂。

美国联邦能源管理委员会（FERC）于2014年6月19日批准在卡梅隆建造三条液化生产线，并要求Sempra在五年内完成该项目。

Sempra表示，卡梅隆的第一条生产线在5月早些时候开始生产液化天然气，预计将在未来几周出口第一批货物，2号和3号生产线将于2020年第一和第二季度投入服务。

Sempra要求FERC延长15个月，到2020年9月19日，将整个工厂投入使用。

本周三，沙特阿美签署了一项为期20年的协议，从Sempra提议的位于德克萨斯州亚瑟港液化天然气出口工厂购买液化天然气。

卡梅隆前三条生产线年产能约1200万吨液化天然气，即约每天17亿立方英尺的天然气。

卡梅隆由Sempra的附属公司、法国道达尔、日本三井以及日本三菱和日本航运巨头NYK组成的合资公司共同持有，Sempra间接拥有卡梅隆50.2%的股份。工程公司McDermott国际公司和日本千代田公司为卡梅隆的主要承包商。

Sempra的长期目标是每年出口4500万吨北美液化天然气。其卡梅隆正处于开发双生产线第二阶段；与此同时，该公司计划分两阶段，将其位于德克萨斯州亚瑟港液化天然气出口工厂在墨西哥下加利福尼亚现有的科斯塔 · 阿祖尔液化天然气进口终端增加出口设施。

詹晓晶摘自路透社

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Sempra asks U.S. for more time to complete Louisiana Cameron LNG export plant

U.S. energy company Sempra Energy asked U.S. energy regulators for more time to complete its $10 billion Cameron liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Louisiana.

The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved construction of three liquefaction trains at Cameron on June 19, 2014. That order required the project be completed within five years.

Sempra said the first train at Cameron started producing LNG earlier in May and is expected to export its first cargo in coming weeks.

The company has said Cameron Trains 2 and 3 will enter service in the first and second quarters of 2020.

Sempra asked FERC for a 15-month extension to put the full plant into service until Sept. 19, 2020.

Separately, Saudi Aramco signed a 20-year agreement on Wednesday to buy LNG from Sempra’s proposed Port Arthur LNG export plant in Texas.

The first three trains at Cameron will produce about 12 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of LNG, or roughly 1.7 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) of natural gas. One billion cubic feet of gas is enough to fuel about 5 million U.S. homes for a day.

Cameron is jointly owned by affiliates of Sempra, Total SA, Mitsui & Co Ltd, and Japan LNG Investment LLC, a company jointly owned by Mitsubishi Corp and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK). Sempra indirectly owns 50.2% of Cameron.

McDermott International Inc and Chiyoda Corp are the lead contractors at Cameron.

Sempra has a long-term goal of exporting 45 MTPA of North American LNG and is developing a second two-train phase at Cameron, the Port Arthur LNG export terminal in Texas and plans to add export facilities in two phases at its existing Costa Azul LNG import terminal in Baja California in Mexico.