据世界天然气网站9月11日消息 随着亚洲液化天然气需求的上升，日本三井重工物产正寻求扩大液化天然气业务。

三井执行副总裁Yukio Takebe在接受路透采访时表示，能源和自然资源是三井发展的核心，这也是三井将专注于加强这些业务的原因。

他说，一些行业板块已经走弱，但液化天然气和铁矿需求仍然存在。

尽管局势紧张，三井重工仍渴望以长远眼光投资液化天然气，新批准的莫桑比克液化天然气项目和俄罗斯北极液化天然气2项目的产量将推动公司的投资组合。

一旦这两个项目进入生产阶段，三井重工的年产量将达到1000万吨，而且三井重工也在与俄罗斯的库页岛2号扩建项目合作。

Takebe指出，液化天然气市场目前供过于求，现货价格达到三年来的低点，但他指出，预计2035年将出现供应短缺。

吴恒磊 编译自 世界天然气

原文如下：

Mitsui eyes LNG business expansion

Japan’s Mitsui & Co is looking to expand its LNG business as the demand in Asia is rising.

Speaking to Reuters, Mitsui’s executive vice president Yukio Takebe said energy and natural resources are at the core of the company’s growth which is why it will focus on strengthening these segments.

Due to the ongoing trade tensions between the United States and China, some industry segments have weakened but the LNG and iron ore demand remains he said.

Despite the tensions, Mitsui is eager to invest in LNG with long-term views, and the company’s portfolio will be boosted by volumes from the newly sanctioned Mozambique LNG project and the Arctic LNG 2 project in Russia.

Once the two projects hit production phase, Mitsui’s annual volumes will reach 10 million tonnes, and the company is partnering in the Sakhalin-2 expansion in Russia, as well.

Takebe noted that the LNG market is currently oversupplied, with spot prices reaching three-year lows, but he noted that a supply shortage is expected in 2035.