据国外媒体10月24日开罗报道,埃及日前启动了世界最大的LNG国际招标。
此次招标的参与者对路透社记者说,在经过了几个月的猜测和推迟以后,国营埃及天然气控股公司(EGAS)周日(23日)在开罗发布了招标文件,埃及计划在2017年和2018年招标购买96船LNG货物。
他们说,此次招标还包括另外12船可选的LNG货物。
贸易消息人士说,埃及此次标价高达数十亿美元的招标是有史以来发布的最大中期LNG购买招标。
在成为增长最快的LNG消费国以后,作为从小麦到柴油大宗商品重要进口国的埃及去年帮助支撑了全球天然气市场。
由于全球现货价格下跌,曾经是LNG出口国的埃及已变成一个天然气净进口国。
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原文如下:
Egypt Launches Record LNG Tender for 96 Cargoes
WENews.com/October 24, 2016/Cairo
Egypt launched the world's biggest tender for liquefied natural gas (LNG).
After months of speculation and delay, state-run Egypt Natural Gas Holding (EGAS) released tender documents on Sunday bidding to secure 96 LNG shipments in 2017 and 2018, participants in the tender told Reuters.
An additional 12 optional cargoes were included in the tender, which EGAS may decide not to award, they said.
At a price-tag of several billion dollars, it is the biggest mid-term LNG buy tender ever issued, trade sources said.
Egypt, a major importer of commodities from wheat to diesel, helped buoy global gas markets last year after emerging as the fastest-growing new LNG consumer.
Once an LNG exporter, Egypt turned into a net gas importer just as global spot prices plunged.