据管道新闻网7月6日消息称，意大利天然气网运营商Snam周三表示，该公司与BW液化天然气公司签署了一项价值4亿美元的协议，购买一个浮式储存和再气化装置（FSRU），罗马正急于寻找天然气的替代供应。

去年，莫斯科供应了意大利40%的天然气进口，即290亿立方米。但自6月中旬以来，大国的天然气供应一直低于罗马的要求，这加大了政府实现能源多样化的压力。

国家控股的Snam公司上个月从Golar LNG公司获得了第一艘再气化船，该公司表示，一旦与目前使用该装置的第三方的合同到期，并完成审批程序，预计该装置名为BW Singapore，将在2024年第三季度投入使用。

Snam首席执行官Stefano Venier在一份声明中说：“通过这次运营，我们为意大利提供了第二个新的浮动再气化装置，从而为该国的能源安全和多样化作出了决定性的贡献。”

Venier补充说，最近被Snam收购的两个FSRU将贡献意大利13%的天然气需求，并使该国的再气化能力达到需求的30%以上。

曹海斌 摘译自 管道新闻网

原文如下：

Italy’s Snam Buys Floating Regasification Unit for $400 Million

Italy's Snam has signed a $400-million deal with BW LNG to buy a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), the gas grid operator said on Wednesday, as Rome rushes to find alternative supplies togas.

Last year Moscow supplied 40% of Italy's imports of gas, or 29 billion cubic meters. But since mid-June, the bigger producer has been supplying less gas than requested by Rome, increasing pressure on the government to diversify its energy sources.

State-controlled Snam, which last month acquired a first regasification vessel from Golar LNG, said it expected the unit, called BW Singapore, to become operational in the third quarter of 2024, once a contract with a third party currently using the unit expires and the permitting process is completed.

"With this operation, we are providing Italy with its second new floating regasification unit thus making a decisive contribution to the country's energy security and diversification," Snam CEO Stefano Venier said in a statement.

The two FSRUs which have recently been acquired by Snam will contribute 13% of Italy's gas demand and bring the country's regasification capacity to over 30% of demand, Venier added.