韩国寻求从美国进口更多石油和天然气

　　据普氏能源资讯1月13日首尔报道，韩国贸易、工业和能源部副部长Woo Tae-hee周五（13日）在首尔表示，作为韩国努力应对在新政府在华盛顿接管以后任何可能的贸易争端，韩国将寻求从美国进口更多的石油和天然气。

　　韩国能源部副部长是在出席在首尔举行的一次贸易论坛期间对标普全球普氏能源资讯记者发表上述讲话的。他说：“为了应对特朗普政府迫在眉睫的保护主义政策，我们在扩大与美国能源合作中将寻求我们能够做的事情，例如进口页岩气。”

　　Woo说，为了多元化其来自中东的供应来源，韩国公司一直在增加来自美国的石油和天然气进口。

　　韩国GS Caltex在去年11月-12月进口了200万桶美国鹰福特原油，这是韩国自华盛顿2015年底解除40年限制原油出口以来第一次购买除凝析油和阿拉斯加原油以外的美国原油。

　　根据一项为期20年的旨在多元化供应来源的合同，国有韩国天然气公司计划从今年7月起每年从位于路易斯安那州的Sabine Pass终端进口280万液化天然气（LNG），这将是第一批即将运往韩国的LNG。

　　李峻 编译

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　　S Korea to look for more US oil, gas imports under Trump administration

　　Seoul (Platts)--13 Jan 2017

　　South Korea will seek more oil and gas imports from the US as part of its efforts to cope with any possible trade disputes after the new administration takes over in Washington, the vice minister of trade, industry and energy said Friday.

　　We are looking for what we can take to expand energy cooperation with the US, such as shale gas imports, with the Trump administrations looming protectionist policies, Woo Tae-hee, vice minister in charge of energy, told S&P Global Platts on the sidelines of a trade forum in Seoul.

　　South Korean companies have been increasing oil and gas imports from the US to diversify its supply sources from the Middle East, Woo said.

　　GS Caltex imported 2 million barrels of US Eagle Ford crude over November-December, the countrys first purchase of American crude other than condensate and Alaskan crude since Washington lifted a 40-year restriction on crude oil exports in late 2015.

　　State-owned Korea Gas Corp. planned to import 2.8 million mt/year from the Sabine Pass terminal in Louisiana from July this year under a 20-year contract that will help diversify supply sources, Woo said. This will the first US LNG to be shipped to South Korea.