据Rigzone网站12月15日报道，美国能源部(DOE)近日宣布，已将7项长期液化天然气(LNG)出口授权的期限延长至2050年。
根据美国能源部的最新举措，目前正在Sabine Pass建设的Golden Pass设施、提议在Brownsville建设的德克萨斯州液化天然气项目、提议在路易斯安那州建设的Magnolia和Driftwood项目以及提议在路易斯安那州近海建设的Delfin液化天然气出口项目的出口期限都已延长。Sempra能源公司在墨西哥的Costa Azul项目也被批准延长出口期限。
美国能源部长丹布鲁耶特（Dan Brouillette）在一份政府声明中表示，“美国液化天然气的成功仍在继续，延长的授权将确保这些出口收益能在未来持续几十年。”
他补充说:“美国在2020年11月创下了液化天然气出口的历史新高，自特朗普政府上台以来，每月的液化天然气出口速度已经翻了五倍。”
能源部副部长马克·W·梅内塞斯（Mark W. Menezes）表示:“这些长期LNG出口延长所呈现的前景，对美国的能源独立至关重要。”
他补充说:“液化天然气现在是，将来也将继续是我们在世界各地的朋友和盟友的重要能源资源。”
代理能源副部长兼化石能源事务助理部长史蒂文-温伯格（Steven Winberg）表示:“能源部必须尽一切努力确保美国液化天然气出口的长期未来，这将继续满足全球能源安全和减排目标。”
包括最近的期限延长，美国13个LNG出口项目以及墨西哥的Costa Azul项目现在都拥有到2050年的长期LNG出口授权。Costa Azul最近做出了最终的投资决定，获得了美国能源部的授权，可以进口和液化来自美国的天然气，然后从墨西哥出口。
沈彦 摘译自 Rigzone
原文如下：
US Extends 7 LNG Export Authorizations to 2050
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that it has extended the terms of seven long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) export authorizations through 2050.
Under the DOE’s latest move, the Golden Pass facility currently under construction in Sabine Pass, the Texas LNG project proposed for Brownsville, the proposed Magnolia and Driftwood projects in Louisiana and the Delfin LNG export project proposed for offshore Louisiana have had their export terms extended. An extended export term has also been approved for Sempra Energy’s Costa Azul project in Mexico.
“The success story of U.S. LNG continues to be written and these extended authorizations will ensure that the benefits from these exports continue for decades to come,” U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette said in a government statement.
“The United States just set a new all-time high record for LNG exports in November 2020, and the monthly rate of LNG exports has now quintupled since the beginning of the Trump administration,” he added.
Deputy Secretary of Energy Mark W. Menezes said, “critical to our Nation’s energy independence are the prospects presented by these long-term LNG export extensions.”
“LNG is and will continue to be a vital energy resource for our friends and allies around the world,” he added.
Acting Under Secretary of Energy and Assistant Secretary of Fossil Energy Steven Winberg, said, “it is important for DOE to do everything to assure a long-term future for U.S. LNG exports, which will continue to meet global energy security and emissions reduction goals”.
Including the latest term extensions, long-term LNG export authorizations with export terms through 2050 are now held by 13 U.S. LNG export projects, as well as the Costa Azul project in Mexico. Costa Azul, which recently reached a final investment decision, has DOE authorization to import and liquefy U.S.-sourced natural gas for export from Mexico.