中国石化新闻网讯 据世界天然气11月27日消息,马来西亚液化天然气运输公司MISC周二表示,已向意大利国有能源巨头埃尼(Eni)旗下的液化天然气航运公司(LNG shipping)租赁了两艘液化天然气运输船。
MISC租赁了1997年建造的LNG Portovenere和1998年建造的LNG Lerici。两艘船的容量均为65000立方米。
根据MISC的声明,这些合同遵循LNG Shipping与MISC之前签订的的谅解备忘录,这使得马来西亚公司从Eni的液化天然气航运部门获得了船舶所有权。
根据新协议,这些船只将被租用五年,预计合同总价值为1.33亿美元。
MISC表示,LNG Portovenere的租约预计将于2018年12月开始,而LNG Lerici的租约预计将于2019年1月开始。
要注意的是,ENI去年表示,该公司正在权衡液化天然气运输业务的选择。此前有多家媒体报道称,该公司将放弃液化天然气业务,并打算出售最后两家运营商。
2012年,这家意大利公司废弃了1969年和1970年建造的两艘老旧的40000立方米运输船,即LNG Palmaria和LNG Elba。
曹海斌 摘译自 世界天然气
原文如下:
Malaysia’s MISC buys and then charters LNG duo to Eni
Malaysia’s LNG shipping company MISC said Tuesday it chartered two liquefied natural gas carriers to LNG Shipping, a unit of Italy’s state-controlled energy giant Eni.
MISC chartered the 1997-built LNG Portovenere and the 1998-built LNG Lerici. Both of the vessels have a capacity of 65,000 cubic metres.
The contracts follow a memorandum of agreement between LNG Shipping and MISC, which resulted in Malaysian company acquiring ownership of the vessels from Eni’s LNG shipping unit, according to a MISC statement.
Pursuant to the new deals, the vessels will be chartered for a period of five years with an estimated combined contract value of $133 million.
The charter for LNG Portovenere is expected to commence in December 2018 whereas the charter for LNG Lerici is expected to start by January 2019, MISC said.
To remind, ENI said last year it was weighing options for its LNG shipping business following several media reports claiming that the company is quitting the business and aims to sell its two last carriers.
The Italian company scrapped in 2012 two of its old 40,000-cbm carriers, namely the LNG Palmaria and LNG Elba, built in 1969 and 1970.