据世界天然气3月8日消息称，美国LNG出口项目开发商切尼尔能源已与就其 Corpus Christi Stage 3 项目签订了工程、采购和施工 (EPC) 合同。

此外，CCL 第 3 阶段已允许该项目以在有限通知的情况下开始该项目的早期工程、采购和其他现场工作 (LNTP)。

Corpus Christi Stage 3扩建项目由多达7辆中型生产线组成。每条生产线的液化能力约为每年 149 万吨 (mtpa)。因此，总生产能力超过 10吨。因此，该终端的总铭牌容量约为2500万吨/年的液化天然气。

该项目的商业基础是与交易对手签订的长期协议。

根据切尼尔首席执行官Jack Fusco的说法，该公司预计最终投资决定将在 2022 年夏季做出。

“EPC合同的签署和LNTP的发布标志着该项目朝着最终确定投资方向迈出了重要的一步……我们专注于实现FID所需的其余步骤。CCL 3项目启动之际，全球液化天然气市场基本面突出了天然气在全球能源结构中的重要性。”

“我们期待着从2025年开始的Corpus Christi第三期项目为客户提供可靠、灵活的液化天然气。”

曹海斌 摘译自 世界天然气

原文如下：

Cheniere and Bechtel ink Corpus Christi Stage 3 EPC contract

U.S. LNG export project developer Cheniere Energy has entered into an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with LNG project manager Bechtel for its Corpus Christi Stage 3 project.

In addition, CCL Stage 3 has released Bechtel to start early engineering, procurement, and other site work at the project under limited notice to proceed (LNTP).

The Corpus Christi Stage 3 expansion project consists of up to seven midscale trains. Each of the trains will have a liquefaction capacity of approximately 1.49 million tonnes per annum (mtpa). A total production capacity is thus more than 10 mtpa. Therefore, the terminal’s total nominal capacity would amount to approximately 25 mtpa of LNG.

The project is commercially underpinned by long-term agreements with counterparties.

According to Jack Fusco, Cheniere’s CEO, the company expects a Final Investment Decision to occur in summer 2022.

“The signing of this EPC contract and the issuance of LNTP mark important steps towards a FiD on the project... We are focused on the remaining steps required in order to reach FID,” he said. “The CCL 3 commences as global LNG market fundamentals highlight the criticality of natural gas in the global energy mix.”

“We look forward to providing our customers with reliable and flexible LNG from the Corpus Christi Stage III Project starting in 2025.”