據(jù)管道新聞網(wǎng)3月22日消息稱，建設(shè)澳大利亞第一個(gè)液化天然氣進(jìn)口終端的私營(yíng)公司Squadron Energy的商務(wù)主管周二表示，該公司預(yù)計(jì)其位于新南威爾士州的肯布拉港(Port Kembla)設(shè)施將在2023年底前準(zhǔn)備好接收第一批天然氣。

澳大利亞礦業(yè)億萬(wàn)富翁Andrew Forrest擁有的 Squadron Energy 正在與其他四個(gè)擬議的液化天然氣進(jìn)口項(xiàng)目競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，這些項(xiàng)目旨在填補(bǔ)澳大利亞?wèn)|南部最早從2024年開(kāi)始的天然氣供應(yīng)缺口，以及澳大利亞?wèn)|部從2027年開(kāi)始的天然氣供應(yīng)缺口。

Evonne Bennett在悉尼的一個(gè)天然氣會(huì)議上說(shuō)，位于悉尼以南約 90 公里（56 英里）的肯布拉港工地的土方工程已經(jīng)完成，一個(gè)新終端的工作已經(jīng)開(kāi)始，該設(shè)施“將在明年第四季度為第一批天然氣做好準(zhǔn)備。”

Squadron 已為其終端安排了 Hoegh Galleon 浮式儲(chǔ)存和再氣化裝置 (FSRU)，但尚未安排供氣。

相比之下，競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手 Viva Energy 已與伍德賽德石油公司達(dá)成初步協(xié)議，為墨爾本附近 Geelong 的擬議進(jìn)口終端供應(yīng)天然氣。 

Viva 正在等待國(guó)家對(duì)其項(xiàng)目的批準(zhǔn)，并計(jì)劃在今年年中做出最終投資決定，目標(biāo)是在 2024 年初首次進(jìn)口天然氣。

朱佳妮 摘譯自 管道新聞網(wǎng)

原文如下：

Australia's First LNG import Terminal Seen Ready by Late-2023

Squadron Energy, the private company building Australia's first LNG import terminal, expects its Port Kembla facility in New South Wales to be ready to take its first gas shipment by the end of 2023, its commercial director said on Tuesday.

Squadron Energy, owned by Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest, is vying against four other proposed LNG import projects looking to fill a shortfall in gas supplies expected in southeastern Australia from as early as 2024, and across eastern Australia from 2027.

Earthworks at the Port Kembla site about 90 km (56 miles) south of Sydney have been completed, work on a new wharf has begun and the facility "will be ready for first gas in quarter four next year," Evonne Bennett told a gas conference in Sydney.

Squadron has lined up the Hoegh Galleon floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) for its terminal but has not lined up gas supply yet.

In contrast, rival Viva Energy has lined up a tentative deal for Woodside Petroleum to supply gas to a proposed import terminal in Geelong, near Melbourne. 

Viva is awaiting state approval for its project and aims to make a final investment decision by the middle of this year, targeting first gas imports by early 2024.