伍德赛德探索澳大利亚超120亿美元的天然气项目

据BNN Bloomberg 4月26日报道，除了去年批准的价值120亿美元的斯卡伯勒(Scarborough)开发项目外，澳大利亚最大的天然气出口商正在探索新的投资。该项目预计需要新的供应来缓解市场紧张。

位于珀斯的伍德赛德石油公司首席执行长Neill在接受采访时说，最具竞争力的是Browse项目的开发商。与英国石油bp和壳牌公司等大型企业的数十亿美元合作一直难以启动，此前计划将其开发为浮动液化天然气厂，但由于价格疲软，该计划于2016年取消。

“过去几年，该行业投资不足，”奥尼尔在电话中说，“我们看到市场结构紧张——要想解决这个问题，就需要更多的投资。”

欧洲预计将增加液化天然气进口，以减少对管道燃料的依赖，这将超过额外供应，并使价格保持在高位。高利率令伍德赛德受益。该公司周二表示，第一季度销售额较去年同期增长了大约一倍。

Neil表示，与必和必拓集团(BHP Group)拟议中的油气业务合并，也可能有助于开启对澳大利亚以外油田的投资。他说，必和必拓在特立尼达和多巴哥有几处天然气资产，可能为该国的Atlantic LNG出口工厂提供天然气。

季廷伟 摘译自 BNN Bloomberg

原文如下：

Woodside Mulls Australia Gas Supply Beyond $12 Billion Project

Australia’s top natural gas exporter is exploring new investments on top of the $12 billion Scarborough development that it approved last year on expectations that new supply will be needed to alleviate market tightness.

The lead contender is the Browse development, Meg O’Neill, the chief executive officer of Perth-based Woodside Petroleum Ltd. said in an interview. That multibillion-dollar collaboration with majors including BP Plc and Shell Plc has struggled to get off the ground, with a previous plan to develop it into a floating LNG plant scrapped in 2016 because of weak prices.

“The industry has under-invested for the last few years,” O’Neill said by telephone. “We are seeing the market being structurally tight -- to be able to address that, more investment is required.”

Europe is expected to boosts imports of liquefied natural gas to curb dependence on  pipeline fuel, outpacing additional supplies and keeping prices elevated. The high rates have benefited Woodside, which on Tuesday said that its first quarter sales roughly doubled from the same period last year.

A planned merger with BHP Group’s oil and gas business could also help unlock investments in fields outside Australia, according to O’Neill. BHP has several gas assets in Trinidad & Tobago, which could potentially supply that nation’s Atlantic LNG export plant, she said.