据路透社1月30日伦敦报道,印度国有天然气分销公司盖尔(Gail)本月向液化天然气(LNG)市场发出了出售美国墨西哥湾货物的要约,原因是可供向印度运送燃料的油轮短缺。
这家印度进口商签订了20年的合同,每年购买580万吨美国LNG,分属美国道明尼资源公司的Cove Point工厂和美国切尼尔能源公司的Sabine Pass工厂。
贸易消息人士称,盖尔周三发布了两份美国销量的标书。在一次招标中,盖尔提供在4月27日至4月29日出售来自Cove Point工厂的货物,并购买一批货物,于2月20日至2月22日或3月1日至3月7日在印度交货。
在另一项招标中,该公司提供了两批从Sabine Pass装载的货物,其中一批货物在7月装运,另一批在11月装运,投标于2月1日结束。
一位船商说:“盖尔的航运线路很短,他们当然不能用他们拥有的运输船,从美国装运所有的货物。”
就在这两份招标提出不到两周前,盖尔公司提出要在2020年从Cove Point装载货物,从Sabine Pass装载3批货物。
消息人士说,对这些货物的需求很强劲,包括嘉能可在内的大赢家,英国石油(BP)也可能是赢家之一,因其运输时间较长,并可能利用运量优化其船队的使用。
去年,盖尔也进行了几次美国货物的掉期交易。
詹晓晶摘自路透社
原文如下:
Gail India sells U.S. LNG cargoes
India’s state-owned gas distribution company Gail has flooded the liquefied natural gas (LNG) market this month with offers to sell cargoes from the U.S. Gulf due to a shortage of tankers available to ferry to fuel to India.
The Indian importer has 20-year deals to buy 5.8 million tonnes a year of U.S. LNG, split between Dominion Energy’s Cove Point plant and Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass site.
On Wednesday, Gail issued two tenders to sell U.S. volumes, trade sources said. In In another tender, it has offered two cargoes for loading from Sabine Pass,“(Gail is) inherently short (on shipping)... They are certainly not able to lift all the cargoes they have from the U.S. The two tenders came less than two weeks after Gail offered cargoes from Cove Point and three from Sabine Pass for loading in 2020.
There was strong demand for these cargoes, with winners including Glencore, sources said. UK-based BP could also be Last year, Gail also made several swap deals with U.S. volumes.