据路透社8月17日新加坡报道,印尼Panbil集团的一位高管表示,该公司正就未来五年在廖内省Karimun岛建设液化天然气(LNG)进口终端进行一项可行性研究。
该提议的提出正值今年亚洲液化天然气现货价格创下多年新低之际,疫情抑制了对动力燃料的需求。
执行董事Patrick Aritonang向路透社表示,拟建的终端可能耗资6亿至8亿美元,将位于Pulau Asam,距离新加坡油气枢纽裕廊约33公里。
他说:"我们想提出确切方案,以适应我们的能源安全。"据预测,未来10年印尼将出现天然气短缺,而政府已经设定了建设更多天然气发电厂的目标。
他表示,这项由美国贸易和发展署(USTDA)资助的研究将确定该终端的再气化能力,并补充道,它还将考察建设一条55公里长的管道向印尼PT Trans Gas Indonesia(PGI)供气的经济性。
Aritonang说,该终端的储存能力可达17万立方米,将用于为船舶加油,并将大货分解成小货,以便在该地区进行配送。
Aritonang表示,潜在的天然气供应来源包括印尼的Tangguh Train 3、PT Donggi Senoro和Cheniere 能源公司的Corpus Christi终端。
该研究预计将于2020年底完成,而终端的建设将需要大约三年时间。
Panbil在巴淡岛经营着一个工业区,该工业区拥有60兆瓦的燃气发电厂。
沈韩晔 摘译自 路透社
原文如下:
Indonesia's Panbil Group eyes LNG import facility at Karimun
Indonesia's Panbil Group is conducting a feasibility study on building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal on Karimun Island of the Riau province in the next five years, a company executive said.
The proposal comes at a time when Asia's spot LNG prices have hit multi-year lows this year as the coronavirus pandemic depressed demand for the power fuel.
The proposed terminal could cost $600 million to $800 million and would be located at Pulau Asam, which is about 33-kilometres away from Singapore's oil and gas hub Jurong, Executive Director Patrick Aritonang told Reuters.
"We wanted to propose certain options to accommodate our energy security," he said, as Indonesia is forecast to be short on natural gas in the next decade while the government has set targets to build more gas-fired power plants.
The study, funded by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), will determine the regasification capacity of the terminal, he said, adding that it would also look at the economics of building a 55-km pipeline to supply gas to PT Trans Gas Indonesia (PGI).
The terminal could have a storage capacity of up to 170,000 cubic metres, which would be used for refuelling ships and breaking up big cargoes into smaller ones to be distributed in the region, Aritonang said.
Prospective gas supply sources include Indonesia's Tangguh Train 3, PT Donggi Senoro, and Cheniere Energy's Corpus Christi terminal, Aritonang said.
The study is expected to be completed by end-2020 while the terminal would take about three years to build.
Panbil operates an industrial estate in Batam, which houses a 60-megawatt gas-fired power plant.