石油圈中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社11月22日伦敦报道，周四，一艘LNG油轮正将俄罗斯的Yamal LNG货物转移到挪威北部的另一艘船，这将是帮助该设施提高产量的首次此类行动。 据Refinitiv Eikon提供的数据显示，一艘Arc7级破冰LNG油轮和一艘低于Arctic级的LNG油轮都停泊在挪威洪宁斯瓦格附近。 挪威海岸管理局区域主管Morten Hansen表示：“我可以证实，在洪宁斯瓦格市西南的萨内斯峡湾海域，正在进行一次船舶对船舶的作业（STS）。” 诺瓦泰克公司经营的Yamal工厂，在去年12月装载了第一批货物后，一直在提高产量。但交易员表示，由于能够在当地水域作业的Arctic级船只数量有限，产量受到了限制。 现在看来，这种船对船的转移将成为一种经常发生的现象。 将Arc7级破冰船上的货物转移到其他LNG船只，有利于Arc7级破冰船尽快返回Yamal去装载更多的货物。但这将增加对常规LNG船舶的需求，以便从挪威接收货物。 Hansen表示，挪威一家航运物流公司（TAT）拥有开展此类业务的许可证。 诺瓦泰克公司周四说，它在Yamal的第三条生产线已经开始运行。这三条生产线的年产能为1650万吨，是世界上最大的单一LNG出口工厂之一。 LNG交易商和船舶经纪人表示，Yamal的产量受到Arc7级LNG油轮数量的限制，其中一些仍在建造中。 挪威的转运使Arc7级LNG油轮的航程缩短了约两千公里，使它们能够更快地返回Yamal，从而提高了产量。 但杰弗里斯的航运分析师Randy Giveans称，这些转移也将挤压全球LNG油轮市场。他说：“这肯定会收紧LNG油轮市场，因为需要更多的常规LNG航母来完成航线。虽然从挪威到欧洲的运输时间只有3-5天，但由于装载时间的延长，雇用时间将会更长。而且，一些货物将会进一步运往亚洲和拉丁美洲。” 由于Yamal和美国工厂生产的LNG产量的增加以及距离的延长，LNG的运价已经飙升至创纪录的高位。 詹晓晶摘自路透社 原文如下： Yamal LNG starts Norway ship transfers as production ramps up A liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker is transferring a cargo of Russia’s Yamal LNG to another vessel off the tip of northern Norway on Thursday, the first such operation that will help the facility raise production. The Vladimir Rusanov, an Arc7 ice-breaking LNG tanker, and the lower Arctic-classed Pskov LNG tanker are both anchored off Honningsvag, Norway, according to Refinitiv Eikon data. “I can confirm there is an ongoing STS (ship-to-ship) operation in the sea area of Sarnesfjord … south-west of the city of Honningsvag,” Jan Morten Hansen, regional director at the Norwegian Coastal Administration, said. Novatek, which operates the Yamal facility, has been ramping up production after loading its first cargo last December. But traders have said output was constrained by the availability of Arctic-classed vessels able to operate in the waters there. Now it looks likely that such ship-to-ship transfers will become a regular occurrence. The transfers to other LNG carriers free up the Arc7 ice-breaker LNG vessels to return sooner to Yamal to pick up more cargoes. But this will increase demand for conventional LNG ships to pick up the cargoes from Norway. Hansen said a Norwegian shipping logistics company, Tschudi Arctic Transit AS (TAT), had permits to conduct such operations. Novatek said on Thursday its third train, or facility, at Yamal had begun operations. The capacity of the three trains is 16.5 million tonnes a year, making it one of the largest single LNG export plants in the world. LNG traders and ship brokers have said Yamal’s output has been constrained by the number of Arc7 LNG tankers, some of which are still being built. The transfer in Norway shortens the Arc7 tankers’ journeys by about two thousand kilometres, freeing them up to return to Yamal sooner, enabling the facility to raise production. But the transfers will also squeeze the global LNG tanker market, Jefferies’ shipping analyst Randy Giveans said. “This will certainly tighten the (LNG tanker) market as more conventional LNG carriers are needed to finish the routes,” he said. “(And) although the transportation time is only 3-5 days from Norway to Europe, the time under employment will be much greater due to the extended loading time,” he said, adding that some cargoes will go even further to Asia and Latin America. LNG shipping rates have already soared to record highs due to the increase in LNG production from Yamal and U.S. facilities as well as the longer distances travelled.
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