據海上能源4月13日報道，卡塔爾能源公司與日本航運公司商船三井 (MOL)的子公司簽署了一系列的定期租船合同，以長期租用和運營四艘液化天然氣船。

據卡塔爾能源公司稱，這是該公司大規模液化天然氣運輸計劃授予的第一批定期租船合同。

與此同時，MOL簽訂了背靠背的LNG船造船合同，建造四艘新的LNG船。

這些新建項目將服務于卡塔爾能源公司的LNG增長項目和未來的船隊需求。

能源事務國務大臣兼卡塔爾能源公司首席執行官Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi說：“這些合同標志著卡塔爾能源公司歷史性船隊擴張計劃建設階段的開始，以支持我們的液化天然氣擴張項目。我們很高興能與來自中國和日本的可靠的商業伙伴一起邁出這一重要的一步。”

“我們期待在不久的將來宣布更多這樣的合同，以確保為世界提供更多可靠的清潔能源。”

卡塔爾能源公司指出，簽署首個LNG船東合同標志著2021年3月啟動的船東招標工作的結束。

卡塔爾能源公司表示，其他被選中的船東將在適當的時候公布。

早在2020年，這家卡塔爾公司就與滬東-中華造船公司簽訂了一項協議，為其未來的液化天然氣運輸船船隊的需求儲備的液化天然氣船建造能力，包括北部油田的擴建項目。

現在，新簽署的合同代表著亞洲大國造船商于2021年10月宣布的首批4艘新液化天然氣運輸船的設計和建造工作的開始。

季廷偉 摘譯自 海上能源

原文如下：

QatarEnergy hands out first batch of LNG ship-owner contracts

State-owned oil and gas company QatarEnergy has signed a series of time-charter parties (TCPs) with a subsidiary of Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) for the long-term charter and operation of four LNG ships.

According to QatarEnergy, this is the first batch of TCPs awarded under the company’s massive LNG shipping program.

At the same time, back-to-back LNG carrier shipbuilding contracts were signed between MOL and one Asian Shipbuilding Group,for the construction of four new LNG carriers.

The newbuilds will serve QatarEnergy’s LNG growth projects and future fleet requirements.

“These contracts mark the start of the construction phase of QatarEnergy’s historic fleet expansion program in support of our LNG expansion projects. We are pleased to be working with our reliable business partners from China and Japan,to take this important step together”, said Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, the Minister of State for Energy Affairs and the president and CEO of QatarEnergy.

“We look forward to announcing many more such contracts in the near future in our relentless pursuit to ensure a reliable supply of additional clean energy to the world.”

QatarEnergy noted that the signing of the first LNG ship-owner contract marks the conclusion of the ship-owner invitation to tender that was launched in March 2021.

Other ship-owners that have been selected by QatarEnergy as part of such process will be announced in due course, the company informed.

Back in 2020, the Qatari company entered into an agreement with the Shipbuilding to reserve LNG ship construction capacity in Asian for its future LNG carrier fleet requirements, including for the North Field expansion projects.

Now, the newly-signed contracts represent the beginning of the design and construction of the first four new LNG carriers from the shipbuilder announced in October 2021.