中国石化新闻网讯 据世界石油1月22日休斯敦报道,美国贝克休斯公司预计,今年全球有多达四个液化天然气项目将作出最终投资决定。因去年全球液化天然气市场因疫情而崩溃,目前全球燃料供应开始复苏。
这家全球第二大石油服务和设备供应商成功渡过了历史上最严重的原油危机,这要归功于其他供应液化天然气设备的业务。该公司周四在一份声明中表示,其液化天然气业务部门是四个部门中唯一一个去年第四季度销售额提高了的部门。
该公司首席执行官Lorenzo Simonelli周四在电话会议上对分析师和投资者表示,到2030年,我们仍需要大约6.5亿吨至7亿吨的液化天然气产能。
2020年,随着疫情导致全球需求和价格暴跌,100多批美国燃料货物被取消,液化天然气行业遭受了沉重打击。去年只有一个项目做出了最终投资决定。进入冬季,需求形势发生了变化,欧洲和北亚的严寒天气推动现货价格飙升,加大了与全球各地液化天然气开发商重启商业谈判的可能性。
郝芬 译自 世界石油
原文如下:
Baker Hughes sees global LNG projects picking up in 2021
Baker Hughes Co. expects as many as four liquefied natural gas projects globally to move to a final investment decision this year amid a global revival of the fuel after last year’s pandemic-induced collapse.
The world’s second-biggest oil-services and equipment provider has managed to weather history’s worst crude crash thanks to its other business supplying LNG gear. The unit that houses its LNG work was the only one of its four segments that boosted fourth-quarter sales from a year earlier, the company said Thursday in a statement.
“By 2030, we still need to have capacity of approximately 650 to 700 million tons of LNG in place,” Chief Executive Officer Lorenzo Simonelli told analysts and investors Thursday on a conference call.
The LNG industry took a gut punch in 2020 when more than 100 U.S. cargoes of the fuel were canceled as the coronavirus pandemic sent global demand and prices plunging. Only one project reached a final investment decision last year. The demand picture changed during the winter when frigid weather in Europe and North Asia sent spot prices soaring, raising the prospect of revived commercial talks with LNG developers around the globe.