石油设备网讯 据Oil & Gas Journal网站4月3日休斯顿报道 NextDecade公司与壳牌北美液化天然气有限责任公司签订了一份20年的液化天然气供应协议。与壳牌签订的该协议是从NextDecade位于南德克萨斯州布朗斯维尔港的2700万吨/年格兰德河液化天然气厂获得200万吨/年的液化天然气供应。
从目前预计2023年格兰德河液化天然气商业运营日开始，壳牌将以离岸价购买液化天然气。大约购买的75%的液化天然气将与布伦特指数挂钩，其余量将与美国天然气指数挂钩，包括亨利枢纽为核心的定价系统。
该协议是首次与美国生产的液化天然气签订长期合同，将其与布伦特原油指数挂钩，并具有完全的目的地灵活性。
NextDecade预计将在今年第三季度末对至多三条格兰德河液化天然气生产线（一期）做出积极的最终投资决定，等待进一步的商业里程碑的实现和获得必要的监管批准。
吴恒磊 编译自 Oil & Gas Journal
原文如下：
NextDecade signs LNG agreement for Rio Grande project
NextDecade Corp. has entered into a 20-year LNG supply agreement with Shell NA LNG LLC. The agreement with Shell is for 2 million tonnes/year of LNG from NextDecade’s 27 million-tonne/year Rio Grande LNG plant at the Port of Brownsville in South Texas (OGJ Online, Sept. 10, 2018).
Shell will purchase LNG on a fob basis starting from the commercial operation date of Rio Grande LNG, currently expected in 2023. about 75% of the purchased LNG volumes will be indexed to Brent and the remaining volumes indexed to US gas indices, including Henry Hub.
The agreement is the first-ever long-term contract with LNG produced out of the US to be indexed to Brent and comes with full destination flexibility.
NextDecade anticipates making a positive final investment decision on up to three trains (Phase I) of the Rio Grande LNG project by the end of this year’s third quarter, pending the achievement of further commercial milestones and receipt of requisite regulatory approvals.
