據油價網8月22日消息稱，美國最大的液化天然氣生產商切尼爾能源公司與德國巴斯夫公司達成協議，向該化工巨頭每年供應80萬噸液化天然氣。

與巴斯夫的協議是切尼爾今年迄今簽署的幾項長期供應協議之一。

該交易取決于切尼爾的薩賓帕斯項目的完成情況，該項目正在開發中，包括多達三條液化生產線，預計總生產能力約為2000萬噸/年。去年，亞洲大型燃氣集團與切尼爾簽署了一項為期13年的協議，每年購買90萬噸液化天然氣，同樣基于亨利樞紐價格。

切尼爾每天將超過47億立方英尺的天然氣加工成液化天然氣。薩賓帕斯有多條管道連接到州際和州內管道，距離墨西哥灣不到4海里，因此航海船只可以很容易地到達。

同樣在6月，切尼爾與Equinor簽訂了另一項液化天然氣買賣協議，Equinor將以離岸價格購買175萬噸/年的液化天然氣，購買價格與亨利樞紐價格掛鉤，為期15年。

曹海斌 譯自 油價網

原文如下：

Cheniere Energy Strikes LNG Supply Deal With BASF

The United States’ largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), Cheniere Energy (NYSE:LNG), has struck a deal with Germany’s BASF SE (OTCQX:BASFY) to supply the chemical giant with 0.8 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG to the chemicals giant.

The BASF deal is one of several long-term supply deals Cheniere has signed so far this year.

The deal is subject to the completion of Cheniere’s Sabine Pass project, which is being developed to include up to three liquefaction trains with an expected total production capacity of ~20M tons/year of LNG. Last year, Asian gas group signed a 13-year deal with Cheniere to purchase 900K metric tons/year, again based on Henry Hub prices.

Cheniere processes more than 4.7 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas into LNG. Sabine Pass has multiple pipeline connections to interstate and intrastate pipelines, and is located less than four nautical miles from the Gulf of Mexico thus providing easy access to seafaring vessels.

Also in June, Cheinere entered another LNG sale and purchase agreement with Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) that will see the Norwegian national oil company purchase 1.75M metric tons/year of LNG on a free-on-board basis for a purchase price indexed to the Henry Hub price, for a 15-year term.