据管道新闻网11月17日消息称，美国能源公司森普拉能源公司周二表示，其ECA液化子公司将在墨西哥建立Costa Azul LNG出口工厂，这是全球唯一在2020年获得最终投资决定的液化天然气出口项目。
周五，墨西哥总统安德烈斯·曼努埃尔·洛佩兹·奥夫拉多尔（Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador）表示，只要该公司帮助抵消该地区天然气供应过剩的影响，政府将发放出口许可。
ECA液化公司是森普拉LNG公司与森普拉墨西哥子公司IEnova的合资企业。
ECA液化公司将在现有的Costa Azul LNG进口工厂建设该工厂，预计资本成本约为20亿美元。预计该公司将在2024年底生产第一批LNG。
该出口工厂的铭牌产能为每年约325万吨LNG，该工厂已与三井物产株式会社和道达尔签订了为期20年的协议，从项目第一阶段购买约250万吨液化天然气。
Costa Azul位于太平洋海岸的地理位置使其比美国墨西哥湾沿岸的出口工厂更具优势，因为它更接近不断增长的亚洲市场。美国工厂通常通过巴拿马运河将液化天然气运往亚洲。
多年来，液化天然气的投资需求一直居高不下，原因是主要来自亚洲国家的大量消费，以满足日益增长的能源需求，并使燃料来源多样化，摆脱对煤炭和石油的依赖。
曹海斌 摘译自 管道新闻网
原文如下：
Sempra to Go Ahead with Costa Azul LNG Export Plant in Mexico
U.S. energy company Sempra Energy said On Friday, Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the government would give the project an export permit as long as the company helped to offset an oversupply of gas in the area.
ECA Liquefaction is a joint venture between Sempra's Sempra LNG and Sempra's Mexico subsidiary, Infraestructura Energética Nova SAB de CV (IEnova).
ECA Liquefaction will build the plant at the existing Costa Azul LNG import plant at an estimated capital cost of around $2 billion. It is expected to produce first LNG in late 2024.
The export plant, which will have a nameplate capacity to produce about 3.25 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of LNG, already has 20-year agreements with units of Mitsui & Co Ltd and Total SE for the purchase of about 2.5 MTPA from the project's first phase.
Costa Azul's Pacific Coast location gives it an advantage over competing U.S. Gulf Coast export plants because it is closer to growing Asian markets. U.S. plants usually ship LNG to Asia through the Panama Canal.
Investment demand for LNG ran high for several years due to heavy consumption from mostly Asian countries to meet rising energy demand and diversify fuel sources away from dirty coal and oil.