據天然氣工業8月6日消息稱，美國液化天然氣公司切尼爾能源公司表示，客戶開始再次簽署購買液化天然氣的長期合同。

　　切尼爾首席執行官 Jack Fusco 在財報電話會議上告訴分析師：“我們已經開始看到長期液化天然氣合同的回歸，以支持建設新的液化產能。”

　　他表示，到2021年為止，該公司與多個對手方達成了銷售協議，將在2021-2032年期間交付總計約1200萬噸液化天然氣。

　　切尼爾表示，其位于路易斯安那州的 Sabine Pass 出口工廠的第六條液化生產線有望在 2022 年上半年投入商業服務。該生產線可能會在今年晚些時候開始以測試模式生產液化天然氣。

　　切尼爾還表示，它將繼續在德克薩斯州的科珀斯克里斯蒂工廠進行第三階段的擴建。

　　切尼爾報告第二季度合并調整后的息稅折舊及攤銷前利潤 (EBITDA) 為 10.23 億美元，可分配現金流約為 3.4 億美元，收入超過 30 億美元。

　　它公布的季度凈虧損為 3.29 億美元，主要是由于衍生品的會計處理。

　　“供需雙方的市場動態繼續朝著有利于我們的方向發展，支持我們對全球天然氣長期增長前景的信念，”Fusco說，并指出液化天然氣出口達到創紀錄的季度139批。

　　切尼爾的 9 條液化生產線，包括Sabine 6，每年可生產約 500 萬噸液化天然氣 (MTPA)，即每天 6.6 億立方英尺的天然氣。

　　朱佳妮 摘譯自 天然氣工業

　　原文如下：

　　Cheniere says customers signing long-term LNG agreements again

　　U.S. LNG company Cheniere Energy Inc said that customers were starting to sign long-term contracts to buy LNG again.

　　"We have begun to see the return of long-term LNG contracts in support of the construction of new liquefaction capacity," Cheniere Chief Executive Jack Fusco told analysts on an earnings call.

　　So far in 2021, he said the company entered into sales agreements with multiple counterparties aggregating approximately 12 million tonnes of LNG to be delivered between 2021-2032.

　　Cheniere said the sixth liquefaction train at its Sabine Pass export plant in Louisiana was on track to enter commercial service in the first half of 2022. The unit will likely start producing LNG in test mode later this year.

　　Cheniere also said it continues to develop the Stage 3 expansion at its Corpus Christi plant in Texas.

　　Cheniere reported second quarter consolidated adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of $1.023 billion and distributable cash flow of about $340 million on revenue of over $3 billion.

　　It posted a quarterly net loss of $329 million due primarily to accounting treatment of derivatives.

　　"Market dynamics on both the supply side and demand side continue to move in our favor and support our conviction in the long-term growth prospects for natural gas worldwide," Fusco said, noting LNG exports hit a quarterly record 139 cargoes.

　　Each of Cheniere's nine liquefaction trains, including Sabine 6, can produce about 5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of LNG, or 0.66 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas.