據油氣新聞網6月12日報道，近日，坦桑尼亞與挪威國家石油公司Equinor和英國殼牌簽署了一項框架協議，該協議將加快建設一個價值300億美元的液化天然氣出口終端。

據該國能源部長January Makamba表示，該協議的簽署將為2025年對該設施做出最終投資決定鋪平道路，由于監管部門的拖延，該項目在坦桑尼亞南部沿海深水區發現的巨大海上天然氣儲量附近的建設已被擱置多年。

殼牌駐坦桑尼亞副總裁兼董事會主席科爾在儀式上表示，我們相信坦桑尼亞具有優勢，因為該國具有戰略位置和提供有競爭力和可投資項目的機會。

Equinor曾在2021年對該項目進行了9.82億美元的減記，當時該公司認為該項目盈利能力不足。該公司在一份聲明中表示，現在說是否會因為周六宣布的交易而逆轉減記還為時過早。

Equinor和殼牌，以及埃克森美孚、Ophir能源和Pavilion能源，計劃在該國的林迪地區建造液化天然氣工廠。

Equinor經營坦桑尼亞的2號區塊，埃克森美孚也持有該區塊的股份，該區塊估計擁有超過20萬億立方英尺（0.6萬億立方米）的天然氣。

Equinor計劃與殼牌合作開展液化天然氣項目，殼牌運營1號和4號區塊，估計可采天然氣儲量為16萬億立方英尺。

坦桑尼亞已經將其發現的一些天然氣用于發電和運營制造工廠。其還計劃建造一家化肥廠。

政府估計該國的可采天然氣總量為57.54萬億立方英尺。

郝芬 譯自 油氣新聞網

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Tanzania signs LNG framework agreement with Equinor and shell

Tanzania signed a framework agreement with Norway's Equinor and Britain's Shell that will bring closer the start of construction of a $30 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal.

Energy Minister January Makamba said the signing would pave the way for a final investment decision in 2025 on the facility, construction of which near huge offshore natural gas discoveries in deep waters off Tanzania's southern coast has been held up for years by regulatory delays.

Jared Kuehl, Shell's vice president and board chairman in Tanzania, said at the ceremony: "We believe Tanzania has advantages because it has(a) strategic location and the opportunity to deliver a competitive and investable project."

Equinor, which had in 2021 booked a $982 million writedown on the project having decided it would not be sufficiently profitably, said in a statement it was too early to say whether it would reverse that writedown as a result of the deal announced on Saturday.

Equinor and Shell, along with Exxon Mobil, Ophir Energy and Pavilion Energy, plan to build the LNG plant in the country's Lindi region.

Equinor operates Tanzania's Block 2, in which Exxon Mobil also holds a stake and which is estimated to hold more than 20 trillion cubic feet (0.6 trillion cubic metres) of gas.

Equinor aims to work on the LNG project with Shell, which operates Block 1 and Block 4, with 16 trillion cubic feet in estimated recoverable gas.

Tanzania already uses some of its natural gas discoveries for power generation and to run manufacturing plants. It also plans to build a fertiliser plant.

The government has put the country's total estimated recoverable gas at 57.54 trillion cubic feet.