Qatar LNG expansion 'full-steam ahead' for 2024 start: Al-Kaabi
卡塔尔液化天然气扩建“全速前进”，2024年投用
Singapore — Qatar is strongly committed to the expansion of LNG capacity to 110 million mt by 2024, with construction and tendering plans confirmed for the project and the associated shipping fleet, according to Saad Al-Kaabi, the country's minister of state for energy affairs.
新加坡-卡塔尔能源事务部部长Saad al-Kaabi表示，卡塔尔承诺到2024年将液化天然气产能扩大至1.1亿公吨，并确认了该项目及其相关船队的建设和招标计划。
The construction, engineering and design contracts for the facility have been awarded to companies including McDermott, Consolidated Contractors Company and Chiyoda Corporation, Al-Kaabi, who is also the chief executive officer of Qatar Petroleum, said at the LNG2019 conference in Shanghai on Tuesday.
卡塔尔石油公司（Qatar Petroleum）首席执行官卡比（Al Kaabi）周二在上海举行的LNG2019会议上表示，该设施的施工、工程和设计合同已授予包括McDermott、AI-KAABI和千代田公司组成的联合体。
"The project is going full-steam ahead for a planned start-up in 2024," Al-Kaabi said.
Al-Kaabi说：“该项目将全力确保2024年的投用。”
A tender will also be issued to shipbuilders for the construction of new ships for the expansion of the fleet, he added.
他还说，还将向造船商发出一份建造新船以扩大船队的投标书。
Qatar's energy minister said in February that the country is studying the addition of 60 new LNG tankers to meet the requirements of the Qatar's LNG expansion, and Qatar Petroleum's Golden Pass LNG plant in Texas.
卡塔尔能源部长2月份表示，该国正在研究增加60艘新的液化天然气轮船，以满足卡塔尔液化天然气扩张的要求，以及卡塔尔石油公司位于德克萨斯州的金关液化天然气工厂。
But Al-Kaabi did not mention any firm date to the project's Final Investment Decision or inclusion of new partners for the expansion.
但是，Al-Kaabi没有提到项目最终投资决策的日期，也没有提到为扩建项目引入新的合作伙伴。
Al-Kaabi was also bullish on global demand growth, driven largely by emerging economies China and India. Japan and South Korea will continue to grow moderately, while Europe could experience a rise of demand after years of stagnation, he said.
Kaabi也看好全球天然气需求增长，主要受新兴经济体中国和印度推动。他说，日本和韩国将继续适度增长，而欧洲可能在多年的停滞后经历需求增长。
Qatar LNG's plans to reach 110 million mt/year of production, from 78 million mt/year, follow the lifting of a 12-year moratorium on the development of its offshore North Field in 2017.
卡塔尔液化天然气公司计划从7800万吨/年达到1.1亿吨/年的产量，并在2017年取消了为期12年的海上北部油田开发禁令。
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