据管道新闻网7月14日消息称，康菲石油公司周四同意收购森普拉能源提议的得克萨斯州亚瑟港液化天然气工厂30%的股份，以推进拖延已久的天然气出口项目。

今年，美国石油和天然气生产商纷纷支持刺激美国液化天然气开发和出口的项目。

雪佛龙上个月同意从切尼尔能源和Venture Global LNG公司购买200万吨/年（MTPA） 液化天然气。此外，埃克森美孚还在与美国路易斯安那州合作开发一座年产1560万吨的工厂。

这份初步的、不具约束力的协议的财务条款没有披露。

两家公司表示，作为协议的一部分，康菲石油同意在第一阶段获得该项目生产的500万吨/年燃料，并将为其产出的份额提供天然气。

亚瑟液化天然气港的第一阶段将有两个液化天然气生产线、储罐和设施，能够生产约1350万吨/年的液化天然气。预计将于2025年年中开工。

根据该协议，康菲石油将在该项目第二阶段获得部分股权，这将使该项目液化天然气总产能达到约2700万吨/年。

曹海斌 摘译自 管道新闻网

原文如下：

ConocoPhillips Buys 30% Stake in Sempra's Port Arthur LNG Project

ConocoPhillips on Thursday agreed to take a 30% stake in Sempra Energy's proposed Port Arthur, Texas, LNG plant, advancing the long-delayed gas export project.

U.S. oil and gas producers this year have rushed to back projects to spur U.S LNG development and exports.

Chevron last month agreed to buy 2 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of LNG each from units of Cheniere Energy Inc. and Venture Global LNG. Exxon Mobil separately is co-developing a 15.6-MTPA Louisiana plant.

Financial terms of the preliminary, nonbinding agreement were not disclosed.

As part of the agreement, Conoco agreed to acquire 5 MTPA of the fuel produced by the project in its first phase, and would supply the natural gas for its share of output, the companies said.

Port Arthur LNG's first phase would have two LNG trains, storage tanks and facilities capable of producing around 13.5 MTPA of LNG. Construction is forecast to start in mid-2025.

The agreement would allow Conoco to acquire a stake in the project's second phase, which would bring total LNG capacity to about 27 MTPA.