亚洲LNG现货价格因Gorgon重启推迟而上涨

据天然气加工网站7月31日消息 受澳大利亚Gorgon工厂一条生产线在维修工程后延长关闭影响，亚洲液化天然气现货价格升至四个月高位。

9月交付至东北亚的液化天然气平均价格估计为2.70美元/每百万英热单位，比上周的水平高出0.25美元/每百万英热单位。

大型Gorgon项目2号生产线的维护工作于5月23日开始，最初计划于7月11日重新启动，但一直推迟到9月初。

运营该工厂的雪佛龙公司发言人本周表示，在计划维护期间对两条生产线丙烷换热器进行例行检查后，Gorgon正在进行维修工作。

路透社价格评估数据显示，自3月底以来，价格首次升至本周水平。但从季节性来看，该价格仍较往年疲软，较一年前的水平低约36%。

业内人士称，Gorgon 1号和3号液化天然气生产线继续生产液化天然气，本周其他亚太地区工厂也有现货供应。

其中一个来自达尔文工厂，澳大利亚的桑托斯能源公司提供8月和9月的货运服务。

需求继续基本低迷，但本周出现了一些买盘。

两位业内人士表示，在日本，北海道电力已以2.70美元/每百万英热单位的价格购买了一批9月份交货的货物。

巴基斯坦液化天然气有限公司本周表示，该公司已确保液化天然气的价格创下历史新低，在巴基斯坦公司8月底的现货购买招标中，阿塞拜疆国家石油公司出价为2.20美元/每百万英热单位。

吴恒磊 编译自 天然气加工

原文如下：

GLOBAL LNG-Asian LNG prices rise on delay in Gorgon restart

Asian spot LNG prices rose to a four-month high, supported by an extended shutdown of one of the production lines at Australia's Gorgon plant following maintenance works.

The average LNG price for September delivery into northeast Asia was estimated at around $2.70 per million British thermal units (mmBtu), $0.25 per mmBtu above last week's level.

The maintenance on Train 2 of the giant Gorgon project began on May 23 and a restart was initially planned on July 11 but has been delayed until early September.

Gorgon is carrying out the repair work after a routine inspection of the train's propane heat exchangers during planned maintenance found weld quality issues, a spokesman for Chevron that operates the plant said this week.

The rise in prices to this week's level has taken place for the first time since late March, Reuters price assessment data showed. But the price is still seasonally weaker than in previous years and around 36% below its level a year ago.

Gorgon LNG Trains 1 and 3 continue producing LNG and there were offers of spot cargoes from other Asia-Pacific plants this week, industry sources said.

One of those came from the Darwin plant, with Australian energy firm Santos offering one August and one September loading cargoes.

Demand continues to be largely sluggish, but some buying took place this week.

In Japan, Hokkaido Electric has bought a cargo for September delivery at around $2.70 per mmBtu, two industry sources said.

Pakistan LNG Ltd said this week it had secured a record low price for an LNG cargo, with SOCAR Trading offering a price of about $2.20 per mmBtu in a spot buy tender by the Pakistani company for a late August cargo.