據6月1日Offshore Energy消息：卡塔爾石油公司已與韓國造船商簽署了三份協議，為其價值超過190億美元的液化天然氣油輪船隊的擴張預留位置。

卡塔爾巨頭周一表示，已簽署協議保留在韓國的液化天然氣船舶建造能力，以用于其未來的LNG船隊需求，包括那些正在北田領域進行中的擴建項目。

根據協議，大宇造船與海洋工程公司，現代重工和三星重工業將在2027年之前為卡塔爾石油公司保留大部分液化天然氣船建造能力。

卡塔爾石油公司總裁兼首席執行官，卡塔爾能源事務大臣薩阿德·謝里達·阿爾·卡比在簽署合同后發表評論說，該公司正全力推進北田擴建項目，將卡塔爾的LNG生產能力從7700萬噸提高到2027年之后的每年1.26億噸。

他表示:“這些協議將確保我們有能力滿足未來液化天然氣船隊的需求，以支持我們不斷擴大的液化天然氣生產能力。”該公司現在已經準備好啟動歷史上最大的液化天然氣造船項目。

“到2027年，我們已經獲得了全球LNG造船能力的大約60％，以滿足未來7-8年內對LNG船隊的需求，船隊可能達到100多艘新船，項目價值超過700億卡塔爾里亞爾（超過192億美元）”，他補充道。

作為液化天然氣工業史上最大的同類項目，卡塔爾石油公司的液化天然氣運輸船隊計劃將滿足該公司的運輸要求，并取代卡塔爾現有的液化天然氣運輸船。

馮娟 摘譯自 Offshore Energy

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Qatar Petroleum inks $19.2 bln LNG shipbuilding deal

Qatar Petroleum has inked three deals with South Korean shipbuilders reserving slots for its LNG tanker fleet expansion valued over $19 billion.

Qatari giant said on Monday it has signed deals to reserve LNG ship construction capacity in South Korea to be utilized for its future LNG carrier fleet requirements, including those for the ongoing expansion projects in the North Field and in the United States.

Under the agreements, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) – will reserve a major portion of their LNG ship construction capacity for Qatar Petroleum through the year 2027.

Commenting following the contracts signing, Qatar Petroleum president and CEO, and Qatari minister of state for energy affairs, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, noted that the company moving full steam ahead with the North Field expansion projects to raise Qatar’s LNG production capacity from 77 million today to 126 million tons per annum by 2027.

“These agreements will ensure our ability to meet our future LNG fleet requirements to support our expanding LNG production capacity and long-term fleet replacement requirements”, he said.

Al-Kaabi added that the company now has everything in place to commence the largest LNG shipbuilding program in history.

“We have secured approximately 60% of the global LNG shipbuilding capacity through 2027 to cater for our LNG carrier fleet requirements in the next 7-8 years, which could reach 100+ new vessels with a program value in excess of 70 billion Qatari Riyals (over $19.2billion)”, he said.

The new LNG vessels will be equipped with slow-speed dual-fuel engines utilizing LNG as fuel, Al-Kaabi stressed.

Being the largest of its kind in the history of the LNG industry, Qatar Petroleum’s LNG carrier fleet program will meet the company’s shipping requirements as well as replacing Qatar’s existing LNG fleet.