据Oil & Gas Journal网站8月15日消息 新南威尔士州政府已向韩国开发商Epik提议的位于悉尼以北160公里处的纽卡斯尔液化天然气进口终端授予国家关键重要基础设施（CSSI）项目。

此次授权将简化5.9亿澳元项目的审批流程，该项目将于2022-2023年投入使用，为新南威尔士州的发电站提供天然气供应并加强能源安全。

Epik表示，该终端可以为该州提供高达80%的需求。目前新南威尔士州的天然气进口量占其天然气供应量的95%。

该公司的提案包括纽卡斯尔港的浮式储存和再气化装置（FSRU），该装置与库拉格港岛上的一个终端相连，并将天然气供应连接至澳大利亚东海岸的天然气网络。FSRU将由挪威航运公司Hoegh提供。

如果建成的话，该终端可以将该州的天然气本地供应量增加110太焦耳。

Epik现在将为该项目准备一份环境影响报告书，以供审查。

Epik的提议是继4月澳大利亚工业能源联盟（AIE）位于悉尼南部的凯姆布拉港获得批准后第二个获得新南威尔士州CSSI的液化天然气项目。根据AIE的提案计划，2021年将生产第一批天然气。

王磊 摘译自 Oil & Gas Journal

原文如下：

Epik LNG terminal receives critical project status

The New South Wales government has granted Critical State Significant Infrastructure (CSSI) status to South Korean developer Epik’s proposed Newcastle LNG import terminal 160 km north of Sydney.

The status will streamline approval processes for the $590-million (Aus.) project, which could be operational by 2022-23 to provide gas supply to electric power stations and bolster energy security in New South Wales.

Epik says the terminal could provide up to 80% of demand for the state. Currently New South Wales imports 95% of its gas supply.

The company’s proposal includes a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in the Port of Newcastle tied to a jetty on Kooragang Island and connecting gas supply to Australia’s east coast gas network. The FSRU will be supplied by Norwegian shipping company Hoegh.

If built, the terminal could increase the local availability of gas in the state by 110 petajoules.

Epik now will prepare an environmental impact statement for the project that will be open to submissions from the public.

Epik’s proposal is the second LNG project to receive CSSI status in New South Wales following approval for Australian Industrial Energy consortium’s Port Kembla terminal south of Sydney in April. AIE’s proposal schedules first gas for 2021.