据美国油价网2022年8月9日报道，英国天然气集团公司（BG Group）的母公司森特里卡8月9日与美国Delfin中游公司签署了一项协议，从2026年开始从路易斯安那州海上计划的浮式液化天然气出口设施进口液化天然气（LNG），协议为期15年，价值85亿美元（70亿英镑）。
两家公司周二在一份联合声明中表示，Delfin中游公司因此获得了另一个长期客户，预计将在今年年底前为Delfin深水港（美国首个浮式液化天然气出口设施）达成最终投资决定（FID）。
声明说，“市场对长期LNG的需求持续强劲，过去几个月，欧洲和其他地区的购买活动加快。 作为一个模块化项目，该协议可以实现3.5万吨/年的LNG增量，该协议大大推进了我们的第一艘LNG船在今年晚些时候实现FID的道路” 。
近几个月来，欧洲和亚洲的LNG买家越来越多地回到长期采购协议，以确保非产能大国的天然气长期供应，并使自己免受波动的现货价格飙升的影响。
对森特里卡来说，另一项新天然气进口协议符合其和英国的战略，即通过可靠、稳定的未来天然气供应来源，加强英国国内能源安全。
森特里卡集团首席执行官Chris O’shea表示：“美国额外的天然气出口能力将有助于提高英国、欧洲和全球的能源安全，这反映了LNG在全球天然气供应链中日益重要的地位。”
今年6月，森特里卡与挪威能源巨头Equinor签署了一项协议，在未来三个冬季，后者每年向英国额外提供10亿立方米的天然气。
森特里卡还获得了英国当局授予的北海南部Rough气田的天然气存储许可证，Rough气田于2017年关闭，但最早可能在今年冬天重新开放。
李峻 编译自 美国油价网
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UK’s Centrica Signs $8.5B Long-Term Deal To import U.S. LNG
Centrica, the owner of British Gas, has signed a heads of agreement with U.S. firm Delfin Midstream to import LNG starting in 2026 from a planned floating LNG export facility offshore Louisiana, in a 15-year-deal worth $8.5 billion (7 billion British pounds).
Delfin has thus secured another long-term customer, which is expected to facilitate a Final Investment Decision (FID) for Delfin Deepwater Port, the first floating LNG export facility in the United States, by the end of this year, the companies said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
“Market demand for long-term LNG continues to be strong and buying activity from Europe and various other geographies has accelerated over the past few months. As a modular project that can make FID in 3.5 MTPA increments, this agreement materially advances our first vessel’s path towards FID later this year,” Dudley Poston, chief executive officer of Delfin, said.
In recent months, LNG buyers in Europe and Asia have been increasingly returning to long-term purchase agreements in order to secure a long-term supply of non-Russian gas and to insulate themselves from spiking volatile spot prices.
For Centrica, another deal for natural gas imports fits its and the UK strategy to bolster domestic energy security with sources of reliable and stable future supply of gas.
“Additional US gas export capacity will help increase UK, European and global energy security, reflecting the increasing importance of LNG in the global gas supply chain,” said Chris O’Shea, Centrica Group Chief Executive.
In June, Centrica signed a deal with Norway’s major Equinor for the delivery of an additional 1 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas supplies to the UK for each of the next three winters.
Centrica has also been awarded by UK authorities a gas storage license for the Rough site in the Southern North Sea-a site that was closed in 2017, but could reopen as early as this winter.
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