???? 據油價網多哈報道，由于卡塔爾打算在2025年底前把本國液化天然氣（LNG）年產量提高40%，這個海灣小國和全球最大的LNG出口國本周做出了最終投資決定（FID），建造一個卡塔爾說在產能方面將是全球最大LNG項目。
????卡塔爾石油公司（QP）2月9日批準了這個北部油田東（NFE）項目，這個項目將把卡塔爾的LNG年產能從7700萬噸提高到.1.1億噸。這個將耗資287.5億美元的項目預計將在2025年第四季度投產，成為全球近幾年來這個行業的最大投資項目之一。
????QP還宣稱，作為這個項目的一部分，卡塔爾計劃建立一個二氧化碳捕獲和封存(CCS)系統，并表示，“這個項目的電力需求的很大一部分將由卡塔爾國家電網提供”，以及根據公司協議采購的太陽能。這家卡塔爾國有石油公司表示，這個項目還將回收電廠75%的三次用水，每年節約1070萬立方米的水。
????卡塔爾還計劃在與伊朗共同擁有的世界最大天然氣田North Field進行另一階段的擴建。第二個擴建階段將是北部油田南項目(NFS)，這個項目將進一步提高卡塔爾的LNG年生產能力，從1.1億噸增加到1.26億噸，預計將在2027年投產。
????伍德麥肯茲研究部門主管Giles Farrer在評論卡塔爾的LNG擴建項目時說，“長期盈虧平衡價格略高于4美元/百萬英熱單位，與俄羅斯北極地區的LNG項目一樣，它處于全球LNG成本曲線的底部。”
????隨著亞洲天氣變暖，LNG價格從1月份創下的紀錄高位回落，當時寒冷天氣和主要出口國的供應問題導致LNG價格飆升至30美元/百萬英熱單位以上。
????Farrer說，“卡塔爾正在爭取市場份額。這個FID可能會給其他FID做出之前的LNG供應商帶來壓力，他們可能會發現卡塔爾已經在新市場獲得了立足點。”
????李峻 編譯自 油價網
????原文如下：
????Qatar Approves World’s Largest LNG Project
????Qatar Petroleum took this week the final investment decision to build what it says would be the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in terms of capacity, as the tiny Gulf nation and top global LNG exporter aims to raise its annual production by 40 percent by the end of 2025.
????Qatar Petroleum sanctioned the North Field East Project (NFE), which is set to raise Qatar’s LNG production capacity from 77 million tons per annum (mmtpa) to 110 mmtpa. The project, expected to start production in the fourth quarter of 2025, will cost US$28.75 billion, which would make it one of the industry’s largest investments in recent years.
????Qatar Petroleum also boasted plans for a CO2 capture and sequestration (CCS) system as part of the project and said that “a significant portion of the project’s electrical power needs will be provided from Qatar’s national power grid,” as well as solar power procured under corporate deals. The project will also recover 75 percent of the plant’s tertiary water, conserving 10.7 million cubic meters of water per year, the Qatari state company said.
????Qatar also plans another expansion phase at the North Field, the world’s largest natural gas field which it shares with Iran. The second expansion phase will be the North Field South Project (NFS), set to further increase Qatar’s LNG production capacity from 110 mmtpa to 126 mmtpa, with an expected production start date in 2027.
????“At a long-term breakeven price of just over $4 per million British thermal units, it’s right at the bottom of the global LNG cost curve, alongside Arctic Russian projects,” Wood Mackenzie research director Giles Farrer said, commenting on Qatar’s LNG expansion project.
????With warmer weather in Asia, LNG prices have recently subsided from the record-highs reached in January, when cold snaps and supply issues at major exporters sent prices soaring to above $30 per million British thermal units (mmBtu).
????“Qatar is pursuing market share. This FID is likely to put pressure on other pre-FID LNG suppliers, who may find Qatar has secured a foothold in new markets,” WoodMac’s Farrer said.
