据全球能源新闻网2019年6月23日休斯顿报道，美国德尔芬液化天然气公司（Delfin LNG LLC）日前要求美国联邦能源监管机构把其建造旨在连接位于路易斯安那州海岸以外海域的浮式液化天然气（FLNG）项目延期42个月至2023年3月28日。

美国联邦能源监管委员会(FERC)在2017年9月28日曾发布命令，授权德尔芬液化天然气公司在路易斯安那州卡梅隆教区附近的联邦水域建造和运营向FLNG船只运送和交付液化天然气的设施。

FERC的命令要求德尔芬液化天然气公司在接到命令后的两年时间内完成这个设施。

德尔芬液化天然气公司的官员在一封电子邮件中表示，该公司计划在今年年底做出建造这个设施的最终投资决定，使该设施能够在2023年生产出首批液化天然气。

德尔芬猾天然气公司在其文件中表示，自FERC发布该命令以来，该公司“一直在努力推进该项目的发展”。

德尔芬液化天然气公司说：“由于海上设施工程设计的细节性（包括浮式液化技术）以及开发必要的商业安排的复杂性，这个包括陆上设施在内的项目进展比最初预期的要慢。”

德尔芬液化天然气项目的设计目标是每年生产多达1300万吨液化天然气或每天大约17亿立方英尺天然气。10亿立方英尺的天然气足够美国500万户家庭使用一天。

李峻 编译自 全球能源新闻

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Delfin Asks for FLNG Project Extension

Delfin LNG LLC asked U.S. federal energy regulators for a three-year and six-month extension until March 28, 2023 to build facilities proposed to connect floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) vessels off the coast of Louisiana.

The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order on Sept. 28, 2017 authorizing Delfin to build and operate the facilities to transport and deliver natural gas to FLNG vessels in federal waters off Cameron Parish in Louisiana.

The FERC order required Delfin to complete the facilities within two years of the order date.

Officials at Delfin said in an email that the company is targeting a final investment decision to build the project at the end of 2019 that would enable the facility to produce first LNG in 2023.

Since FERC issued the order, Delfin said in its filing that it "has worked diligently to further its development of the project."

"Due to the detailed nature of the engineering design of the offshore facilities, which includes floating liquefaction technology, and the complexity of developing the necessary commercial arrangements, progress on the project, including the onshore facilities, has been slower than originally anticipated," Delfin said.

The Delfin LNG project is designed to produce up to 13 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG or about 1.7 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) of natural gas. One billion cubic feet is enough gas to supply about 5 million U.S. homes for a day.