中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社6月29日开罗报道,埃及天然气控股公司(EGAS)的一名消息人士29日在开罗表示,埃及预计一个LNG出口终端将延迟交付。这个LNG进口终端或将帮助埃及抗击近年来最严重的能源危机。
埃及能够出口LNG,但由于没有安装LNG进口终端,埃及不能进口LNG。日益恶化的天然气供应短缺频频造成拉闸限电,使得人们无法开启空调来应对酷暑。
埃及石油部和挪威Hoegh液化天然气公司5月份曾表示,他们已同意埃及使用Hoegh公司的一个浮式储存和再气化装置(FSRU)5年,这个终端将在今年9月前到位。
一位直接熟悉此事的消息人士通过电话对路透社说:“我们迄今还没有与Hoegh公司达成一项最后协议。这个终端将不会如以前宣布的9月份抵达埃及,它将在10月或11月到位。”
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原文如下:
Egypt's EGAS expects delay in gas import terminal
CAIRO, June 29 (Reuters) - Egypt expects a delay in the delivery of an import terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG), a plant that is expected to help it combat the worst energy crisis in years, a source at Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) said on Sunday.
Egypt can export LNG but cannot import it without installing the terminal. Meanwhile, its worsening gas shortage has caused power cuts that are becoming more acute as people switch on air conditioning units against the sweltering summer heat.
Egypt's oil ministry and Norway's Hoegh LNG said in May they had agreed for Egypt to use one of Hoegh's Floating Storage and Regasification Units (FSRU) for five years and that the terminal would be in place by September.