印度LNG进口量持续攀升

　　据NaturalGasWorld网站10月23日消息，印度LNG同比进口增长率持续保持在两位数。印度石油规划和分析小组（PPAC）最近公布的数据显示，9月LNG进口量为23.7亿立方米，同比增长近33%。累计进口量同样增长迅猛，4月-9月期间，印度LNG进口量127亿立方米，同比增长近27%。

　　自新德里政府与多哈签署长期供应修订协议后，今年LNG进口成本便大幅下跌。卡塔尔是印度最大的LNG供应国。在国际LNG价格低迷的背景下，印度国有天然气公司(Petronet LNG)仍坚持与卡塔尔天然气公司(Qatar Gas)合作重新协商长期供应协议。去年12月双方签订了修订后的协议。修订后的价格公式以布伦特原油3个月平均价格数据为基础，取代了日本5年期平均一揽子原油进口价格。

　　根据印度石油部6月3日发布的文件，随着既有LNG终端扩容及新终端的投产，该国LNG终端总容量到2022年将翻一番。

　　印度9月天然气总产量为26亿立方米，同比下降约6%。4月-9月累计产量为157.2亿立方米，同比现将4.4%。

　　詹乐乾 摘译自NaturalGasWorld，2016.10.23

原文如下：

INDIAS LNG IMPORTS CONTINUE TO CLIMB

India’s LNG imports continue double digit year-on-year growth. According to latest data published by oil ministry’s Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC), LNG imports in September were 2.37bn m3, up almost 33% compared with the same month last year. Cumulative imports too remain substantially higher. For the April-September period, India’s LNG imports were 12.7bn m3, up almost by 27% on year.

The cost of importing LNG has dropped sharply this year after New Delhi signed a revised long term contract with Doha. Qatar is the largest supplier of LNG to India. Given the backdrop of low global LNG prices, Petronet LNG insisted on renegotiating its long-term contract with RasGas. In December and the two parties have signed a revised deal. The revised formula bases the price on a three-month average figure of Brent crude oil, replacing a five-year average of a basket of crude imported by Japan.

According to a document released by the oil ministry on June 3, India’s LNG terminal capacity could more than double by 2022 as existing terminals expand capacity and new ones get commissioned.

India’s gross gas output in September stood at 2.6bn m3, down almost 6% year-on-year. Cumulative output for April-September was 15.72bn m3, down about 4.4% on the same period of previous year.