切尼尔表示客户再次签署长期液化天然气协议

中国石化新闻网讯 据天然气工业8月6日消息称，美国液化天然气公司切尼尔能源公司表示，客户开始再次签署购买液化天然气的长期合同。

　　切尼尔首席执行官 Jack Fusco 在财报电话会议上告诉分析师：“我们已经开始看到长期液化天然气合同的回归，以支持建设新的液化产能。”

　　他表示，到2021年为止，该公司与多个对手方达成了销售协议，将在2021-2032年期间交付总计约1200万吨液化天然气。

　　切尼尔表示，其位于路易斯安那州的 Sabine Pass 出口工厂的第六条液化生产线有望在 2022 年上半年投入商业服务。该生产线可能会在今年晚些时候开始以测试模式生产液化天然气。

　　切尼尔还表示，它将继续在德克萨斯州的科珀斯克里斯蒂工厂进行第三阶段的扩建。

　　切尼尔报告第二季度合并调整后的息税折旧及摊销前利润 (EBITDA) 为 10.23 亿美元，可分配现金流约为 3.4 亿美元，收入超过 30 亿美元。

　　它公布的季度净亏损为 3.29 亿美元，主要是由于衍生品的会计处理。

　　“供需双方的市场动态继续朝着有利于我们的方向发展，支持我们对全球天然气长期增长前景的信念，”Fusco说，并指出液化天然气出口达到创纪录的季度139批。

　　切尼尔的 9 条液化生产线，包括Sabine 6，每年可生产约 500 万吨液化天然气 (MTPA)，即每天 6.6 亿立方英尺的天然气。

　　朱佳妮 摘译自 天然气工业

　　原文如下：

　　Cheniere says customers signing long-term LNG agreements again

　　U.S. LNG company Cheniere Energy Inc said that customers were starting to sign long-term contracts to buy LNG again.

　　"We have begun to see the return of long-term LNG contracts in support of the construction of new liquefaction capacity," Cheniere Chief Executive Jack Fusco told analysts on an earnings call.

　　So far in 2021, he said the company entered into sales agreements with multiple counterparties aggregating approximately 12 million tonnes of LNG to be delivered between 2021-2032.

　　Cheniere said the sixth liquefaction train at its Sabine Pass export plant in Louisiana was on track to enter commercial service in the first half of 2022. The unit will likely start producing LNG in test mode later this year.

　　Cheniere also said it continues to develop the Stage 3 expansion at its Corpus Christi plant in Texas.

　　Cheniere reported second quarter consolidated adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of $1.023 billion and distributable cash flow of about $340 million on revenue of over $3 billion.

　　It posted a quarterly net loss of $329 million due primarily to accounting treatment of derivatives.

　　"Market dynamics on both the supply side and demand side continue to move in our favor and support our conviction in the long-term growth prospects for natural gas worldwide," Fusco said, noting LNG exports hit a quarterly record 139 cargoes.

　　Each of Cheniere's nine liquefaction trains, including Sabine 6, can produce about 5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of LNG, or 0.66 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas.