阿根廷YPF从新浮动设施装载首批商用LNG

据路透社新加坡、伦敦11月8日报道，贸易消息人士在上周五表示，阿根廷国家石油公司(YPF)在新的浮动设施，装载了其首批商用LNG货物进行出口。

阿根廷的出口伴随着一股新的供应浪潮涌入现货市场，导致亚洲现货价格在今年这个时候跌至10年来的最低水平。

消息人士称，这家国有公司发布了一份招标，该招标于11月6日结束，要求出售2.1万亿英国热力单位的LNG，从位于巴伊亚布兰卡的浮动LNG船只“Tango”号装载。

他们补充说，YPF在6月份出口了首批测试LNG，但这是它的首批商业货物。

来自Refinitiv跟踪数据显示，10月26日从“Tango”号装载的货物被装上了“Excalibur”号LNG油轮，该LNG油轮现在停泊在巴伊亚布兰卡附近，目的地为大西洋盆地。巴伊亚布兰卡是一个小港口城市，距离阿根廷首都布宜诺斯艾利斯不远。

两个航运消息来源称，“Excalibur”号是由YPF包租的，这意味着这批货物将以目的港船上交货价成交，与测试货物不同。他们表示，测试货物装载在同一条船上，但当时是由美国生产商切尼尔包租的。

一位交易员称：“生产和装载一整批货物需要大约40天，他们的下一批货物将装载在Methane Kari Elin号上。”

YPF在6月曾表示，它已开始装载第一批从阿根廷出口的LNG，这对该国来说是一个里程碑，该国正寻求开发其巨大的Vaca Muerta页岩业务。

这位交易员补充说：“第一批商业货物可能最终会在欧洲或美洲卸载，因为它们的运输长度不够长。”

由比利时航运公司Exmar拥有的浮动LNG船只“Tango”号于2月抵达巴伊亚布兰卡。

阿根廷通常是LNG进口国，它从邻国购买管道天然气，也自己生产的天然气。

但据国际LNG进口国联盟组织(GIIGNL)称，世界最大页岩油和天然气储量之一的Vaca Muerta产量不断增长，帮助阿根廷去年将LNG进口量减少了20%以上，降至260万吨。

詹晓晶 摘自 路透社

原文如下：

Argentina's YPF loads first commercial LNG cargo from new floating facility

Argentine oil company YPF SA has loaded its first commercial liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo for export from a new floating facility, trade sources said align="justify">Argentina’s export joins a wave of new supply flooding the spot market which has depressed Asian spot prices to their lowest in a decade for this time of the year.

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“The (first commercial cargo) will likely end up in Europe or Americas as they don’t have the shipping length,” the trader added.

FLNG Tango, owned by Belgian shipping company Exmar , arrived in Bahia Blanca in February.

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