据离岸工程网站1月19日报道，美国液化天然气开发商Delfin LNG表示，计划在2022年做出最终投资决定（FID），以推进其在路易斯安那州附近的墨西哥湾浮式LNG出口项目。
Delfin首席执行官达德利·波斯顿本周对路透社表示：“这是液化天然气业务有史以来最好的宏观环境。我非常有信心公司今年将做出最终投资决定。”
Delfin是十几个北美LNG出口项目中的首个，推迟了2020和2021年开始建造的决定，部分原因是需求破坏使得客户不愿签署足够的长期交易来资助数十亿美元的设施。
波斯顿表示：“我们现在看到液化天然气买家最具可持续性的兴趣……这是我们多年来所看到的，Delfin只需要两到三个买家。”
“我们已经在就合同进行讨论，讨论的内容超过了第一艘船的需要。我们只需要让其中的几个买家越过这条线。”
Delfin的项目将利用现有的海上管道向最多四艘船舶供应天然气，每艘船舶每年可生产约350万吨的液化天然气。
波斯顿表示，每艘船只将耗资约20亿美元，第一艘预计在2026年左右投入使用，即四年后做出最终投资决定。
在第一次最终投资决定之后，波斯顿表示Delfin将开始其Avocet项目的工作，该项目将增加两艘350万吨/年液化船。
吴恒磊 编译自 离岸工程
原文如下：
Delfin Plans Louisiana Floating LNG FID in 2022
U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) developer Delfin LNG said it plans to make a final investment decision (FID) to go forward with its Gulf of Mexico floating LNG export project off Louisiana in 2022.
"This is the best macro-environment that the LNG business has ever seen," Delfin Chief Executive Dudley Poston told Reuters this week, noting he was "very confident" the company would make FID this year.
Delfin is one of a dozen or so North American LNG export projects that delayed decisions to start construction in 2020 and 2021 in part because coronavirus demand destruction made customers unwilling to sign enough long-term deals needed to finance the multibillion-dollar facilities.
"We're now seeing the most sustainable interest from LNG buyers ... that we've seen in years and Delfin only needs two to three buyers," Poston said.
"We're already in contractual discussions for more than we need for the first vessel. We just need to get a couple of those guys across the line."
Delfin's project would use existing offshore pipelines to supply gas to up to four vessels that could each produce about 3.5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of LNG.
Poston said each vessel would cost about $2 billion with the first expected to enter service around 2026, four years after the FID.
After the first FID, Poston said Delfin would start working on its Avocet project, which would add two more 3.5-MTPA liquefaction vessels.
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