据OGJ网站5月17日休斯顿报道，自由港液化天然气开发有限公司(Freeport LNG Development LP)报告称，该公司获得了美国联邦监管委员会(FERC)的批准，将对其第四号天然气液化生产线进行选址、建造和运营，该生产线将被整合到位于德克萨斯州Freeport附近昆塔纳岛的现有天然气液化和液化天然气出口设施中。
自由港液化天然气(FreeportLNG)预计，将在本季度晚些时候获得美国能源部批准，向非自由贸易协定国家出口4号生产线生产的产品。
Freeport LNG4号生产线预计将为其现有项目增加500万吨/年液化天然气产量，将四号线设施的总出口能力提高到2000万吨/年以上。
与大阪天然气贸易和出口有限责任公司、杰拉能源美国有限公司、英国石油能源公司、东芝美国液化天然气公司和SK e&s液化天然气有限公司签订了约1350万吨/年的20年收费协议。另外，与Trafigura Pte签订了一份从2020年开始的3年买卖协议约50万吨/年。
Freeport LNG创始人、董事长兼首席执行官迈克尔·史密斯(Michael Smith)表示，随着FERC目前的批准，该公司“今年晚些时候”将推进4号生产线的建设。
4号生产线预计将于2023年开始运作。Freeport LNG出口设施目前由三条液化生产线组成，1号生产线计划在今年第三季度启动商业运营，预计到2020年中期将同时有三条生产线商业运营。
据OGJ网站5月13日报道，本月初，Freeport LNG选择了KBR公司作为4号生产线的工程、采购、施工和调试合同的优先投标人。
郝芬 译自 OGJ
原文如下：
Freeport LNG receives FERC approval for Train 4
Freeport LNG Development LP reported obtaining approval from the US Federal Regulatory Commission to site, construct, and operate its fourth natural gas liquefaction train, which will be integrated into its existing gas liquefaction and LNG export facility Freeport LNG expects approval from the US Department of Energy for the export of Train 4 volumes to non-free trade agreement countries later this quarter.
Freeport LNG’s Train 4 is expected to add more than 5 million tonnes/year of LNG production to its existing project, increasing the total export capability of the four-train facility to more than 20 million tpy.
about 13.5 million tpy of this capacity has been contracted under 20-year tolling agreements to Osaka Gas Trading & Export LLC, Jera Energy America LLC, BP Energy Co., Toshiba America LNG Corp., and SK E&S LNG LLC. Also, about 500,000 tpy has been contracted to Trafigura Pte. Ltd. under a 3-year sale and purchase agreement starting in 2020.
Michael Smith, Freeport LNG founder, chairman, and chief executive officer said that with FERC’s approval now in hand, the company is closer to moving ahead with Train 4 construction “later this year.”
Train 4 is expected to start operations in 2023. Freeport LNG’s export facility currently consists of three liquefaction trains, with Train 1 scheduled for commercial startup in this year’s third quarter, and full three-train commercial operations expected by mid-2020.
Earlier this month, Freeport LNG selected KBR Inc. as the preferred bidder for the engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning contract for Train 4 (OGJ