石油圈中国石化新闻网讯 据今日油价网1月16日消息 雪佛龙公司已暂时关停了其位于澳大利亚高更液化天然气工厂的第3条生产线，预计这一举措将提振亚洲液化天然气价格，上周该价格创下8个月来的新低。 雪佛龙发言人周三对路透社表示，雪佛龙关停了高更的第三条生产线，以解决机械问题，原因目前正在调查中。 该发言人指出，高更的另外两条生产线正常运行，可继续生产液化天然气并装载货物。 据液化天然气贸易商和业内人士向路透社表示，第三条生产线的临时关停将提振亚洲液化天然气价格，上周这一价格创下8个月来的最低水平，在北半球冬季这一时期，这一价格至少处于两年来的最低水平。 上周底，亚洲2月液化天然气现货价格跌至8.50美元/每百万英热量单位，这是自2018年5月中旬以来的最低水平，因为日本和中国部分地区的冬季天气温和，抑制了该地区的现货液化天然气货物的需求。此外，交易商上周五对路透表示，中国液化天然气库存水平相当高，因此至少在2月初的农历新年假期之前，中国人不会急于采购现货。 在谈到高更停运的原因时，一些业内人士表示，第三条线的机械问题可能是由南半球夏季澳大利亚当前的热浪造成的。 澳大利亚气象局周二在推特上说：“过去4天是澳大利亚有记录以来最热的10天。” 雪佛龙第三条高更项目，每年生产1560万吨液化天然气，于2016年3月交付了第一批液化天然气货物。 2018年4月，雪佛龙表示将继续在高更进行更多的离岸开发，开发将涉及在澳大利亚近海的高更和Jansz-Io油田钻探的11口新井，预计今年开始进行钻探。 王磊 摘译自 今日油价 原文如下： Chevron’s Gorgon Outage Set To Boost Asian LNG Prices Chevron Corporation has temporarily suspended train 3 of its Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Australia—a development expected to boost Asian LNG prices that hit an eight-month low last week. Chevron halted the third train at Gorgon to fix a mechanical issue, and the cause is currently being investigated, a Chevron spokesman told Reuters on Wednesday. The other two trains at Gorgon are operating regularly and they continue to produce LNG and load cargoes, the spokesman noted. According to LNG traders and industry sources who spoke to Reuters, the temporary suspension of train 3 is set to boost Asian LNG prices, which last week hit their lowest in eight months and are at their lowest for this time of the winter season in the northern hemisphere in at least two years. At the end of last week, Asian LNG spot prices for February delivery slipped to $8.50 per million British thermal units (mmBtu)—the lowest since the middle of May 2018, as milder winter weather in Japan and parts of China had depressed spot LNG cargo demand in the region. In addition, stock levels of LNG in China are quite high, so the Chinese will not rush to procure spot cargoes at least until the Lunar New Year holiday in early February, traders told Reuters last Friday. Referring to the cause of the Gorgon outage, some industry sources say that the mechanical issue at the suspended train 3 could have been caused by the current heat wave in Australia in the southern hemisphere summer. “The past 4 days are in Australia’s top 10 warmest days on record,” Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology tweeted on Tuesday. Chevron’s three-train Gorgon project, which has the capacity to produce 15.6 million tons of LNG per year, sent its first LNG cargo in March 2016. In April 2018, Chevron said that it would proceed with more offshore development at Gorgon. The expansion will involve drilling of 11 new wells in the Gorgon and Jansz-Io fields offshore Australia, with drilling set to begin this year.
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