據NaturalGasEurope網站7月4日消息，德國萊茵集團7月2日表示，該公司已與卡塔爾國家天然氣公司（Qatargas）簽訂了一份LNG長期購銷合同。
卡塔爾石油公司QP、美國康菲石油公司與日本三井公司組成的Qatargas3合資公司將在未來7年半內向歐洲西北部的萊茵供應與貿易公司RWEST輸送“多達110萬噸/年”的天然氣。
Qatargas首席執行官薩阿德?卡比曾表示：“我很樂意向其他的歐洲合作伙伴表示歡迎，歡迎他們加入到我們不斷增長的客戶群中，以此鞏固Qatargas對歐出口安全可靠LNG的領先供應商地位，并將這一優勢擴大到全世界。”
RWEST首席商務官安德烈?施特拉克稱，協議提升了萊茵集團在歐天然氣資產組合的多樣性：“協議是Qatargas與RWEST多年來密切合作的成果，它將為我們雙方帶來更大的靈活性。”
“靈活性”的表述暗示，只要締約任意一方愿意，交易量就可能遠小于110萬噸/年。Qatargas與其姊妹公司拉斯拉凡液化天然氣公司RasGas過去十年憑借所謂的彈性協議在歐洲或諸如亞洲、南美與中東市場間來回選擇。
詹樂乾 摘譯自NaturalGasEurope，2016.07.04
原文如下：
QATARGAS SIGNS LNG DEAL WITH RWE
German utility RWE said July 2 that it has signed a long-term LNG purchase deal with Qatargas to receive cargoes in northwest Europe.
Qatargas 3 -- a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum (QP), US major ConocoPhillips and Japan’s Mitsui – will deliver “up to 1.1mn metric tons annually” to RWE Supply & Trading (RWEST) in North West Europe over a period of seven and a half years.
The CEO of Qatargas, Khalid Bin Khalifa Al-Thani said: “I am particularly pleased to welcome another European partner to our expanding client portfolio, thereby reinforcing Qatargas’ position as the leading supplier of safe and reliable LNG to Europe, and indeed the whole world.”
RWEST chief commercial officer Andree Stracke said the deal enhances the diversity of RWE’s European gas portfolio: “This agreement is the result of several years of close co-operation between Qatargas and RWEST which has culminated in a contract which provides flexibility for both companies.”
The word ‘flexibility” signals the volumes actually delivered could be much lower than 1.1mn mt/yr, if one or both sides decide so. So-called flexi deals enabled Qatargas and its sister company RasGas over the past decade to opt to deliver to Europe, or alternatively to other markets like Asia, South America or the Middle East.
