据韩国时报9月24日报道，韩国天然气公司(Korea Gas Corp.)周二表示，在与英国石油公司(BP)签署协议后，韩国天然气公司(Korea Gas Corp.)将从美国每年进口158万吨的液化天然气(LNG)，期限最长为18年，从2025年开始。

KOGAS总裁Chae Hee-bong、BP全球并购主管Robert Lawson和Freeport LNG总裁Sig Cornelius在纽约举行了协议的签字仪式。韩国工业、贸易和能源部长 Sung Yun-mo也出席了会议。

从2025年起，BP将在15年内提供158万吨液化天然气。根据最新消息，这笔交易可能会延长3年。在这种情况下，其总价值估计为96.1亿美元。

去年，这宗交易占韩国每年液化天然气使用量的5%，占韩国从美国进口液化天然气总量的34%。这是KOGAS自2012年以来签署的第一份长期协议，将在稳定地向韩国供应液化天然气方面发挥重要作用——KOGAS对液化天然气的进口，一直严重依赖少数国家，主要是中东国家。

自2017年以来，KOGAS与Sabine Pass液化天然气终端签署了20年的协议，每年从美国进口280万吨液化天然气。

根据新协议，从美国到韩国的液化天然气年出口量将从2025年增加到438万吨。这将使美国液化天然气占韩国液化天然气进口总额的比重从去年的10.8%提高到22.8%。

KOGAS表示，它支付给BP的价格是KOGAS现有液化天然气供应协议的70%。

Chae表示:“该协议将稳定韩国液化天然气供应，降低天然气消费价格。此外，这将降低液化天然气价格随着高油价而上涨的风险。”

BP与美国的液化天然气终端(包括Freeport LNG和Calcasieu Pass LNG)签署了相关合同，每年可供应640万吨液化天然气。

洪伟立 摘译自 韩国时报

原文如下：

KOGAS to import LNG worth $9.6 bil. from US

Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) will import 1.58 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) annually from the U.S. for up to 18 years from 2025, after signing a deal with BP, the state-run gas corporation said Tuesday.

KOGAS President Chae Hee-bong, BP Global Head of M&A Robert Lawson and Freeport LNG President Sig Cornelius held a signing ceremony for the agreement in New York. The Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Sung Yun-mo also attended.

BP will provide 1.58 million tons of LNG for 15 years from 2025. Depending on BP, the deal can be extended for three years. In this case, its total value is estimated at $9.61 billion.

The deal volume accounts for 5 percent of the total volume used in Korea per year and 34 percent of Korea's total LNG imports from the U.S. last year.

The deal is KOGAS's first long-term agreement since 2012 and is expected to play a significant role in the stable supply of LNG into Korea. KOGAS has been relying heavily on a limited number of countries, mostly Middle Eastern nations.

Since 2017, KOGAS has been importing 2.8 million tons of LNG from the U.S. a year, after signing a 20-year deal with the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal.

Following the new agreement, the total volume of LNG shipped from the U.S. to Korea annually will rise to 4.38 million tons from 2025. This will raise American LNG's share of Korea's total LNG imports to 22.8 percent, compared with 10.8 percent last year.

KOGAS said the price it will pay BP is at 70 percent of KOGAS's existing LNG supply deals.

"The deal will stabilize the domestic supply of LNG and lower the consumer price of natural gas," Chae said. "Also, it will lower the risk of the LNG price going up along with high oil prices."

BP has liquefaction contracts with U.S. LNG terminals including Freeport LNG and Calcasieu Pass LNG and is able to provide 6.4 million tons of American LNG a year.