據天然氣工業7月30日消息稱，美國液化天然氣開發商Tellurian公司最終達成協議，將其位于路易斯安那州的Driftwood出口工廠的液化天然氣出售給石油巨頭荷蘭皇家殼牌的一個子公司。

　　消息公布后，Tellurian的股價上漲了12.8%，至4.13美元。

　　殼牌的協議標志著Tellurian在10周內完成的第三筆交易，總計900萬噸/年，Tellurian表示，這幾乎是Driftwood計劃中的前兩個工廠2750萬噸/年的全部產能。

　　早期的交易是與大宗商品交易商Vitol和Gunvor達成的，在10年的時間里，每筆交易的收入都約為120億美元。

　　Tellurian首席執行官Octavio Simoes在一份聲明中說：“有了這些(協議)，我們現在已經完成了銷售，以支持首批兩座工廠的投產。Tellurian現在將專注于為Driftwood提供融資，以通知柏克德公司在2022年初繼續施工。”

　　近年來，隨著印度等國購買更多這種超冷燃料，以滿足快速增長的能源需求，同時讓消費者擺脫對污染更嚴重的煤炭的依賴，對液化天然氣的需求激增。

　　殼牌能源執行副總裁Steve Hill說：“到 2040 年，液化天然氣的需求預計將增加近一倍。這筆交易將確保我們的投資組合在 2020 年代中期獲得額外的競爭力。”

　　Driftwood 是十幾個北美液化天然氣項目之一，這些項目一再推遲開工決定，主要是因為簽署長期交易的客戶數量不足，無法為這些數十億美元的設施提供資金。

　　朱佳妮 摘譯自 天然氣工業

　　原文如下：

　　Tellurian to sell LNG from Louisiana export plant to Shell

　　U.S. LNG developer Tellurian Inc. has finalized agreements to sell LNG from its proposed Driftwood export plant in Louisiana to a unit of oil major Royal Dutch Shell.

　　Tellurian shares jumped 12.8% to $4.13 on the news.

　　The Shell agreements mark the third deal Tellurian has finalized in 10 weeks, totaling 9 MTPA, which Tellurian said is nearly all the capacity of the proposed 27.5-MTPA Driftwood's first two plants.

　　The earlier deals - each worth about $12 billion in revenue over 10 years - were with commodity traders Vitol and Gunvor.

　　"With these (agreements), we have now completed the sales to support the launching of the first two plants. Tellurian will now focus on financing Driftwood, in order to give Bechtel notice to proceed with construction in early 2022," Tellurian Chief Executive Officer Octavio Simoes said in a statement.

　　Demand for LNG has surged in recent years as countries, including India, buy more of the super-cooled fuel to meet fast-growing energy needs while also weaning consumers off dirtier coal.

　　“LNG demand is expected to nearly double by 2040. This deal secures additional competitive volumes for our portfolio by the mid-2020s," Shell Energy Executive Vice President Steve Hill said.

　　Driftwood is one of more than a dozen North American LNG projects that have repeatedly pushed back decisions to start construction due primarily to an insufficient number of customers signing the long-term deals needed to finance the multibillion-dollar facilities.