未来20年全球LNG需求将增长35%包装装饰

据道琼斯珀斯4月12日消息，雪佛龙公司首席执行长John Watson周二在澳大利亚珀斯举行的一次行业会议上表示，未来20年全球天然气需求预计增长35%，但是开发成本仍然需要进行控制。

在液化天然气（LNG）会议开始期间，Watson告诉大家，未来几十年，全球天然气需求仍将强劲。

他表示：“为了满足需求，未来20年中我们每年需要一个类似于高更项目一样的LNG项目。”他指的是公司投资540亿美元的一个巨大的LNG出口项目，该项目近几周来开始从澳大利亚西海岸出口LNG。

但是他补充道，澳大利亚的成本仍然居高不下，如果希望满足全球天然气需求，那么能源行业需要努力控制成本。自合作伙伴们2009年开始实施该项目以来，高更项目的成本出现了大幅的增加。

Watson表示：“澳大利亚有很多优势，但是需要认识到的是LNG是一个竞争激烈的市场，而当前澳工控大利亚的成本很高。”

他表示，澳大利亚的成本比美国海湾沿岸的成本高出40%，需要确认这些项目能维持竞争力。

庞晓华摘译自道琼斯

原文如下：

Chevron CEO Says LNG Demand To Increase 35% Over Next 20 Years

By Dan Strumpf

PERTH, Australia--Natural gas demand is expected to grow by 35% over the next 20 years, but costs of development need to remain under control, Chevron Chief Executive John Watson said at an industry conference here Tuesday.

Mr. Watson told a crowd during the kickoff of a conference on the liquefied natural gas industry that喷油器 demand for natural gas worldwide will remain strong in the decades ahead.

To meet that demand, "we are going to need a project the size of Gorgon every year for the next 20 years," he said, referring to the company's giant $54 billion LNG export facility that just began shipments off Australia's western coast in recent weeks.

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"Australia has many advantages, but it is going to need to recognize that it is a competitive world and Australia's costs are high today," Mr. Watson said.

He said costs in Australia are 40% higher than those in the U.S. Gulf Coast, adding: "We do need to make sure these projects can remain competi菜籽油tive."