據管道新聞網3月22日消息稱，建設澳大利亞第一個液化天然氣進口終端的私營公司Squadron Energy的商務主管周二表示，該公司預計其位于新南威爾士州的肯布拉港(Port Kembla)設施將在2023年底前準備好接收第一批天然氣。

澳大利亞礦業億萬富翁Andrew Forrest擁有的 Squadron Energy 正在與其他四個擬議的液化天然氣進口項目競爭，這些項目旨在填補澳大利亞東南部最早從2024年開始的天然氣供應缺口，以及澳大利亞東部從2027年開始的天然氣供應缺口。

Evonne Bennett在悉尼的一個天然氣會議上說，位于悉尼以南約 90 公里（56 英里）的肯布拉港工地的土方工程已經完成，一個新終端的工作已經開始，該設施“將在明年第四季度為第一批天然氣做好準備。”

Squadron 已為其終端安排了 Hoegh Galleon 浮式儲存和再氣化裝置 (FSRU)，但尚未安排供氣。

相比之下，競爭對手 Viva Energy 已與伍德賽德石油公司達成初步協議，為墨爾本附近 Geelong 的擬議進口終端供應天然氣。 

Viva 正在等待國家對其項目的批準，并計劃在今年年中做出最終投資決定，目標是在 2024 年初首次進口天然氣。

朱佳妮 摘譯自 管道新聞網

原文如下：

Australia's First LNG import Terminal Seen Ready by Late-2023

Squadron Energy, the private company building Australia's first LNG import terminal, expects its Port Kembla facility in New South Wales to be ready to take its first gas shipment by the end of 2023, its commercial director said on Tuesday.

Squadron Energy, owned by Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest, is vying against four other proposed LNG import projects looking to fill a shortfall in gas supplies expected in southeastern Australia from as early as 2024, and across eastern Australia from 2027.

Earthworks at the Port Kembla site about 90 km (56 miles) south of Sydney have been completed, work on a new wharf has begun and the facility "will be ready for first gas in quarter four next year," Evonne Bennett told a gas conference in Sydney.

Squadron has lined up the Hoegh Galleon floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) for its terminal but has not lined up gas supply yet.

In contrast, rival Viva Energy has lined up a tentative deal for Woodside Petroleum to supply gas to a proposed import terminal in Geelong, near Melbourne. 

Viva is awaiting state approval for its project and aims to make a final investment decision by the middle of this year, targeting first gas imports by early 2024.