石油设备网讯 据路透社4月18日消息称该，金德摩根首席执行官史蒂芬基恩周三告诉投资者，随着对天然气外送能力的需求继续飙升，该公司已开始就在二叠纪盆地建设第三条天然气管道展开内部讨论。
由于二叠纪盆地天然气产量已超过管道产能，天然气供应过剩已导致该地区天然气价格暴跌，Waha天然气交易中心的现货价格甚至处于负值。
Kean表示，金德摩根认为，未来几年每年对天然气外送能力的需求将以每天20亿立方英尺的速度增长，相当于休斯顿管道运营商的墨西哥湾沿岸运输项目。
Kean表示：“从二叠纪开采天然气的需求继续增长，开采石油和(液化天然气)价值的愿望继续给额外的开采能力带来压力。人们对三号管道很感兴趣。”
金德摩根位于二叠纪盆地的墨西哥湾沿岸运输项目的天然气管道将于10月投入使用。另一个类似的项目，二叠纪公路，计划在一年后开始运营。
曹海斌 摘译自 路透社
原文如下：
Kinder Morgan in discussions to build third Permian Basin gas pipeline
Kinder Morgan Inc has begun internal discussions about building a third natural gas pipeline in the Permian Basin as demand for gas takeaway capacity continues to surge, Chief Executive Officer Steven Kean told investors on Wednesday.
As natural gas production has outpaced pipeline capacity in the Permian Basin, a gas glut has led to plummeting prices in the region, with spot prices at the Waha hub even trading at negative levels.
Kinder Morgan believes demand for gas takeaway capacity could grow by 2 billion cubic feet per day each year over the next few years, equivalent to the Houston pipeline operator’s Gulf Coast Express project, Kean said.
“Demand to get gas out of the Permian continues to grow and the desire to unlock value that’s in oil and (natural gas liquids) continues to put pressure on need for additional takeaway capacity,” Kean said. “There is interest in pipe three.”
Kinder Morgan’s Gulf Coast Express natural gas pipeline in the Permian Basin is set to come into service in October. Another similar project, the Permian Highway, is on schedule to begin service one year later.
