据世界天然气网站7月26日消息 南非国营物流公司南非运输集团正准备在理查兹湾港开发该国的液化天然气进口终端。

南非运输集团石油和天然气业务经理Jabulani Sithole对路透社表示，该公司正寻求在明年发起一项终端建设招标。

他指出，该公司预计将在2020年第二或第三季度提出其报价请求。

该设施的开发将带来大量的天然气，以帮助该国摆脱90%以上电力来源的煤炭。

由于该公司正在考虑所有的选择，该设施最终可能成为陆基设施以及浮式存储和再气化装置（FSRU）。

终端将位于理查兹湾港，并为周围港口提供服务，在这些港口建设燃气发电厂。

Sithole补充称，如果一切顺利，第一批液化天然气将于2020年到达该工厂，并补充称，如果一切顺利，第一批液化天然气将于2020年到达该工厂。

吴恒磊 编译自 世界天然气

原文如下：

South Africa’s Transnet eyes LNG terminal development

South Africa’s state-run logistics company Transnet is gearing up to start the development of the country’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal at Richards Bay port.

Speaking to Reuters, Jabulani Sithole, a Transnet oil and gas business manager, said the company is looking to launch a tender to for the terminal’s construction next year.

He noted that the company expects to float its request for quotations sometimes in the second or third quarter of 2020.

The facility will be developed to bring in volumes of natural gas to help the country’s switch away from coal that is the source of over 90 percent of electricity.

The facility could end up being a land-based one as well as a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) as the company is looking at all the options.

The terminal would be located ar Richards Bay and serve surrounding ports, where gas-fired power plants are planned to be built.

Sithole added that if all goes accordingly, first LNG could arrive at the facility in 2020.