据石油新闻2020年8月25日新加坡报道，日本最大的石油生产商日本国际石油开发株式会社（INPEX）25日在东京表示，根据日本石油、天然气和金属国家公司（JOGMEC）研究人员进行的一次研究结果，INPEX时下正与日本其他私营公司一起在孟加拉湾地区寻找液化天然气（LNG）发电项目以及小规模分销能力。
在INPEX对该地区感兴趣之前，向日本石油公司提供财务和技术援助以确保能源供应的国营组织JOGMEC最近修改了规则，允许日本公司为日本境外的LNG装填和进口终端提供融资。
与此同时，JOGMEC将进行几个小规模LNG开发项目，这些项目横跨从孟加拉湾开始的水域，主要覆盖缅甸和孟加拉国，一直延伸到东南亚的菲律宾，这个市场正在成为一个竞争激烈的市场。
JOGMEC研究和分析部门负责人Tetsuya Furuhata表示：“JOGMEC坚定地认识到在亚洲创造LNG需求的重要性，基于最近修订的JOGMEC法律，JOGMEC准备在财务上支持日本企业在孟加拉湾地区建设LNG接收终端。”
李峻 编译自 石油新闻
原文如下：
Japan's INPEX, JOGMEC eye LNG-to-power projects in Bay of Bengal
Japan's oil and gas exploration company, INPEX, is looking at opportunities for LNG-to-power projects in the Bay of Bengal region, with small-scale distribution capabilities, together with other Japanese private companies, based INPEX's interest in the region comes after JOGMEC, the state-run organization that provides Japanese oil companies with financial and technical assistance to secure energy supply, recently amended its rules to allow the financing of LNG reloading and import terminals outside Japan, by Japanese firms.
It also comes in the midst of several small-scale LNG developments that have spanned waters from the Bay of Bengal, covering mainly Myanmar and Bangladesh, all the way to the Philippines in Southeast Asia, in what is becoming a competitive market.
"JOGMEC firmly recognizes the importance of LNG demand creation in Asia and JOGMEC is ready to support Japanese companies for the construction of LNG receiving terminals financially, based on the recent amendment of JOGMEC law," Tetsuya Furuhata, director general of JOGMEC's research and analysis department.