石油设备网讯 据路透社3月19日报道，美国联邦能源委员会（FERC）周二批准了全球风投LNG公司（Venture Global LNG）的请求，即在拟投资45亿美元的路易斯安那州Calcasieu Pass液化天然气（LNG）出口终端进行全面的现场准备。
Calcasieu Pass的设计产量约为每年1000万吨液化天然气，即约每天13亿立方英尺的天然气，而10亿立方英尺的天然气足够每天为500万户美国家庭提供燃料。
未来十年中，开发商正寻求在美国、加拿大和墨西哥建造数十个液化天然气出口终端，以满足全球对这种燃料不断增长的需求，Calcasieu Pass就是其中之一。
美国曾是液化天然气的净进口国，2016年2月从48个州进口第一批货物，2018年，美国成为超冷燃料的第三大出口国，仅次于澳大利亚和卡塔尔。
仅从目前在建的工厂来看，美国液化天然气的出口能力预计到2019年底将从目前的52亿立方英尺/日上升到90亿立方英尺/日，2020年将上升到104亿立方英尺/日。
全球风投LNG公司还在开发路易斯安那州每年2000万吨的Plaquemines液化天然气出口设施，该公司表示，预计Calcasieu Pass将于2022年投入使用，而价值85亿美元的Plaquemines将于2023年投入使用。
该公司称，他们已与英国-荷兰石油巨头荷兰皇家壳牌公司、英国石油巨头BP、意大利能源公司Edison、葡萄牙能源公司Dalp、西班牙能源公司Repsol和波兰PGNiG公司达成了具有约束力的20年销售和采购协议。
全球风投LNG公司的目标是建立每年6000万吨液化天然气业务，该公司表示，其液化系统将使用通用电气公司旗下贝克休斯的技术。
詹晓晶摘自路透社
原文如下：
Venture Global gets OK to work on Louisiana Calcasieu LNG export plant
The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Tuesday approved Venture Global LNG Inc’s request to proceed with full site preparation at its proposed $4.5 billion Calcasieu Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Louisiana:
Calcasieu Pass is designed to produce about 10 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of LNG, or about 1.3 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) of natural gas. One billion cubic feet is enough gas to fuel about 5 million U.S. homes for a day.
Calcasieu Pass is one of dozens of LNG export terminals that developers are seeking to build in the United States, Canada and Mexico over the next decade to meet growing global demand for the fuel.
The United States, which was a net importer of LNG before shipping its first cargo from the lower 48 states in February 2016, became the third biggest exporter of the super-cooled fuel by capacity in 2018, behind Australia and Qatar.
Looking at only the plants currently under construction, U.S. LNG export capacity is expected to rise to 9.0 bcfd by the end of 2019 and 10.4 bcfd in 2020 from 5.2 bcfd now.
Venture Global, which is also developing the 20-MTPA Plaquemines LNG export facility in Louisiana, said it expects Calcasieu Pass to enter service in 2022 and the $8.5 billion Plaquemines in 2023.
Venture Global said it has secured 20-year off take agreements with units of UK-Dutch oil major Royal Dutch Shell PLC, UK oil major BP PLC, Italian energy company Edison SpA, Portuguese energy company Galp Energia SGPS SA, Spanish energy company Repsol SA and Polish oil and gas company Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (PGNiG).
Venture Global, which has a goal of building a 60-MTPA LNG business, said its liquefaction systems will use technology from General Electric Co’s Baker Hughes unit.
