据NaturalGasEurope网站7月4日消息，德国莱茵集团7月2日表示，该公司已与卡塔尔国家天然气公司（Qatargas）签订了一份LNG长期购销合同。

 

卡塔尔石油公司QP、美国康菲石油公司与日本三井公司组成的Qatargas3合资公司将在未来7年半内向欧洲西北部的莱茵供应与贸易公司RWEST输送“多达110万吨/年”的天然气。

 

Qatargas首席执行官萨阿德?卡比曾表示：“我很乐意向其他的欧洲合作伙伴表示欢迎，欢迎他们加入到我们不断增长的客户群中，以此巩固Qatargas对欧出口安全可靠LNG的领先供应商地位，并将这一优势扩大到全世界。”

 

RWEST首席商务官安德烈?施特拉克称，协议提升了莱茵集团在欧天然气资产组合的多样性：“协议是Qatargas与RWEST多年来密切合作的成果，它将为我们双方带来更大的灵活性。”

 

“灵活性”的表述暗示，只要缔约任意一方愿意，交易量就可能远小于110万吨/年。Qatargas与其姊妹公司拉斯拉凡液化天然气公司RasGas过去十年凭借所谓的弹性协议在欧洲或诸如亚洲、南美与中东市场间来回选择。

 

詹乐乾 摘译自NaturalGasEurope，2016.07.04

 

 

原文如下：

 

QATARGAS SIGNS LNG DEAL WITH RWE

 

German utility RWE said July 2 that it has signed a long-term LNG purchase deal with Qatargas to receive cargoes in northwest Europe.

 

Qatargas 3 -- a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum (QP), US major ConocoPhillips and Japan’s Mitsui – will deliver “up to 1.1mn metric tons annually” to RWE Supply & Trading (RWEST) in North West Europe over a period of seven and a half years.

 

The CEO of Qatargas, Khalid Bin Khalifa Al-Thani said: “I am particularly pleased to welcome another European partner to our expanding client portfolio, thereby reinforcing Qatargas’ position as the leading supplier of safe and reliable LNG to Europe, and indeed the whole world.”

 

RWEST chief commercial officer Andree Stracke said the deal enhances the diversity of RWE’s European gas portfolio: “This agreement is the result of several years of close co-operation between Qatargas and RWEST which has culminated in a contract which provides flexibility for both companies.”

 

The word ‘flexibility” signals the volumes actually delivered could be much lower than 1.1mn mt/yr, if one or both sides decide so. So-called flexi deals enabled Qatargas and its sister company RasGas over the past decade to opt to deliver to Europe, or alternatively to other markets like Asia, South America or the Middle East.