石油设备网讯 据世界天然气网5月29日消息，美国液化天然气出口终端开发商自由港液化天然气公司(Freeport LNG)已获得美国能源部(DOE)的批准，可向非自由贸易协定国家出口4列液化天然气。
Freeport LNG的第四列液化火车是该公司现有天然气液化和液化天然气出口设施的一部分，该设施位于德克萨斯州Freeport附近的Quintana岛上。
该公司最近获得了美国联邦能源管理委员会(FERC)的批准，可以安装、建造和运营其第四列火车。
自由港液化天然气4号列车预计将为其现有项目每年增加逾500万吨液化天然气产量，使该4号列车设施的总出口能力增至逾2000万吨。
其中约1350万吨的产能是根据大阪天然气贸易与出口公司(Osaka Gas Trading & Export)、杰拉能源美国公司(JERA Energy America)、英国石油公司(BP)、东芝美国液化天然气公司(Toshiba America LNG)和SK E&S液化天然气公司(SK E&S LNG)签订的20年期通行费协议而获得的，约50万吨的产能是根据从2020年开始的3年期买卖协议获得的。
自由港液化天然气公司董事长兼首席执行官迈克尔•史密斯表示:“我们感谢能源部的迅速批准，以及最近FERC的批准，这使我们能够进一步推进4号列车的项目开发和营销工作。”
自由港液化天然气公司补充称，4号列车预计将于2023年开始运营。目前，该公司的出口设施包括3列液化列车，其中1列列车计划于2019年第三季度投入商业运营，预计到2020年年中，将有3列列车投入商业运营。
尹路 编译自 世界天然气
原文如下：
Freeport LNG gets Train 4 non-FTA export approval
LNG World News May 29, 2019
US LNG export terminal developer Freeport LNG has received approval from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the export of Train 4 volumes to non-free trade agreement countries.
Freeport LNG’s fourth liquefaction train is part of the company’s existing natural gas liquefaction and LNG export facility on Quintana Island near Freeport, Texas.
The company recently received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to site, construct and operate its fourth train.
Freeport LNG’s Train 4 is expected to add over 5 million tonnes per annum of LNG production to its existing project, increasing the total export capability of the four-train facility to over 20 mtpa.
Approximately 13.5 mtpa of this capacity was contracted under 20-year tolling agreements to Osaka Gas Trading & Export, JERA Energy America, BP, Toshiba America LNG, and SK E&S LNG, and approximately 0.5 mtpa was contracted to Trafigura PTE under a 3-year sale and purchase agreement beginning in 2020.
Michael Smith, chairman and CEO of Freeport LNG, said, “We appreciate the DOE’s swift approval, closely coupled with the recent FERC approval, which enables us to further advance our project development and marketing efforts for Train 4.”
Freeport LNG added that Train 4 operations were anticipated to begin in 2023. Its export facility currently consists of three liquefaction trains, with Train 1 scheduled for commercial startup in the third quarter of 2019, and full three-train commercial operations anticipated by mid-2020.
