BP看好巴西天然气市场建设

据路透社10月30日报道，英国石油公司(BP)的一位高管表示，该公司希望参与巴西的天然气基础设施建设，并表示由BP、德国西门子公司（Siegn.de）和巴西普鲁莫物流公司（Prumo Logistica SA）组成的财团正在里约热内卢建设的一座发电厂最终可能由巴西近海油田供应天然气。

Arbelaez表示，在巴西，伴生气绝对可以和液化天然气(LNG)竞争，而且伴生气储量巨大。预计随着时间的推移，英国石油将对伴生气表示满意。

在巴西，近海天然气既是一个问题，也是一个机遇。该国正迅速提高近海油田的石油产量，其中许多油田拥有大量天然气。

传统上，这些气田生产的天然气在增加原油产量的过程中被烧掉或“重新注入”。但是，一些即将上线的油田的天然气太多，这些工艺难以维持下去。与此同时，将天然气输送到陆上的管道很少，国内消费也很疲软。

巴西政府正在鼓励建设更多的天然气基础设施，而像挪威Equinor ASA (EQNR.OL)这样拥有大型天然气田的公司也正在考虑建设管道和陆上终端。

邹勤 摘译自 路透社

原文如下：

BP eyes Brazil gas buildout, may swap LNG imports for domestic output

BP Plc (BP.L) wants to be part of an effort to build up natural gas infrastructure in Brazil, an executive said on Tuesday, and believes a power plant it is building in Rio de Janeiro could eventually be supplied by gas from offshore oilfields here.

Speaking at Rio’s Offshore Technology Conference on Tuesday, BP Regional President for Latin America Felipe Arbelaez said he believed a plant being built by a consortium of BP, Germany’s Siemens AG (SIEGn.DE) and Brazil’s Prumo Logistica SA (LLXLF.PK) could eventually be fired by offshore gas rather than imported liquefied natural gas (LNG), as plans now forecast.

“Associated gas can definitely compete with LNG in Brazil, and there is tons of associated gas,” Arbelaez said, using a term for the gas pumped from fields that primarily produce oil.

“BP, over time, if I had to guess, will be satisfied with associated gas,” he said.

Offshore gas is considered both a problem and opportunity in Brazil. The country is quickly ramping up oil production in offshore fields, many of which have significant gas volumes.

Traditionally, gas produced in such fields is burned off or “re-injected” in a process that increases crude production. But some fields coming online have too much gas for those processes to remain viable.

At the same time, there are few pipelines to bring the gas ashore and domestic consumption is weak.

The government is encouraging more gas infrastructure, and firms with gas-heavy fields, such as Norway’s Equinor ASA (EQNR.OL), are looking at building pipelines and onshore terminals.