据韩国时报7月17日报道，韩国天然气公司(Korea Gas Corp.)周三表示，该公司正在加快海外天然气项目的开发，从勘探到分销，为韩国在确保能源安全方面提供了一定的稳定性。

KOGAS目前在13个国家运营着25个项目。这些项目包括天然气勘探和生产、液化天然气管道和终端的建设。值得注意的是，在这些项目中，位于莫桑比克近海的第4区深水液化天然气项目，标志着KOGAS有史以来最大的气田勘探成功。KOGAS拥有该项目10%的股份，当地政府在5月份批准了该项目。

目前，三星重工正在为该项目建设一套浮动液化天然气(Coral South floating LNG)装置，项目珊瑚南项目一期投资将于今年下半年确定。它将从2024年开始生产天然气。

去年，KOGAS在澳大利亚西北部海域庆祝了Prelude浮式液化天然气(LNG)装置的商业化运营。上月，Prelude首次输送液化天然气。KOGAS还持有该项目10%的股权，该项目每年将生产至多360万吨液化天然气。

在墨西哥，KOGAS以25%的股份运营Manzanillo液化天然气终端。这标志着KOGAS首次直接拥有并运营海外液化天然气工厂。对于该项目，该公司在2008年投资623亿韩元，仅在终端投入商业运营6年后就收回了60%的投资。

去年，KOGAS从海外业务中获得422亿韩元的净利润，同期，在韩国销售了3622万吨液化天然气(LNG)。

KOGAS一位官员表示:“凭借KOGAS全球领先的技术和海外网络，我们将继续在新兴市场探索新项目，并加大努力，成为一家全球化的液化天然气供应商。”

本月早些时候，KOGAS任命Chae Hee-bong为其第17任总裁，填补了其领导层10个月来的空缺。

摘译自 韩国时报

原文如下：

KOGAS expands overseas natural gas projects

Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) is expediting its overseas natural gas projects ranging from exploration to distribution, offering Korea some stability in securing the energy source, according to the state-run firm, Wednesday.

KOGAS is currently running 25 projects in 13 countries. The projects include exploration and production of natural gas, liquefying the gas, and the construction of pipelines and terminals.

Of notice among those projects is the Area 4 deep water LNG project in offshore Mozambique, which marks the largest gas field exploration success in KOGAS' history. KOGAS has a 10 percent stake in the project, and the local government granted approval on the project in May.

Currently, Samsung Heavy Industries is building a Coral South floating LNG unit for the project, and the phase one investment for the project will be determined in the second half of this year. It will produce natural gas from 2024.

The Mozambique project came after KOGAS celebrated the commercial operation of the Prelude floating LNG unit in waters off northwest Australia last year. The Prelude unit shipped its first LNG last month. KOGAS also has a 10 percent stake in the project, which will produce up to 3.6 million tons of LNG a year.

In Mexico, KOGAS is running the Manzanillo LNG Terminal with a 25 percent stake. This marks the first time for KOGAS to directly own and operate an overseas LNG plant. For the project, the company invested 62.3 billion won in 2008 and has reclaimed 60 percent of it just six years after the terminal to begin commercial operation.

These helped KOGAS to log 42.2 billion won in net profit from overseas business last year, and sell 36.22 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Korea during the same period.

"With KOGAS' world-leading technology and overseas network, we will continue exploring new projects in emerging markets and step up our effort to become a global LNG provider," a KOGAS official said.

Earlier this month, KOGAS named Chae Hee-bong as its 17th president, filling a 10-month vacuum in its leadership.