立陶宛KN为购买FSRU筹集资金

立陶宛液化天然气终端运营商Klaipedos Nafta (KN)与北欧投资银行(NIB)签署了一项25年的贷款协议，为购买用于液化天然气业务的浮式贮存和再气化装置（FSRU）提供资金。

KN在声明中表示，目前，用于向立陶宛进口液化天然气的FSRU租期为10年。北欧投资银行的1.6亿欧元(约合1.822亿美元)贷款将在2024年底，即当前的租赁和服务协议到期后，为购买最具经济可行性的FSRU提供资金。

KN预计，到2050年，天然气仍将是立陶宛向低碳经济转型的重要能源。该公司表示，购买FSRU的决定得到了分析师的支持，他们预计未来几十年立陶宛的天然气消费量将保持稳定，同时正在进行的地区天然气基础设施项目也将带来更多的机会。

2019年底，北欧投资银行向KN提供了1.341亿欧元的贷款，用于支付部分运营租赁费用，并使该终端在获得选定的FSRU之前和之后的整个生命周期内维持均衡的关税水平。

陈雨雁 编译自 世界天然气新闻

原文如下：

KN secures funds for FSRU purchase

Lithuanian LNG terminal operator, Klaipedos Nafta (KN) has signed a 25-year loan agreement with the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) to finance the purchase of an FSRU for LNG operations.

Currently, the FSRU used for LNG import to Lithuania is leased on a ten-year arrangement, KN said in its statement. NIB’s loan of €160 million ($182.2 million) will finance the acquisition of the most economically viable FSRU at the end of 2024, once the current lease and service agreement expires.

KN expects that gas will remain an important energy resource for Lithuania’s transition to a low-carbon economy by 2050. The decision of acquiring the FSRU is supported by analysts, forecasting stable natural gas consumption in the country in the upcoming decades as well as extended opportunities brought by ongoing regional gas infrastructure projects, the company said.

At the end of 2019, NIB granted KN a loan of €134.1 million to partly cover the operating lease payments and enable equalized tariff levels to be maintained throughout the full lifetime of the terminal, both before and after a chosen FSRU is acquired.