據今日油價網7月19日消息，路透社周五援引兩名知情人士的話報導稱，意大利埃尼、中石油旗下單位和兩家大宗商品交易商已參與巴基斯坦10年的液化天然氣供應招標，預計價值高達60億美元。

巴基斯坦液化天然氣有限公司簽發的投標書是一份為期十年的主購銷協議，根據該協議，賣方將每月向巴基斯坦供應兩批240船液化天然氣船貨。

提交投標的截止日期已于周四到期，巴基斯坦已經開始提供技術信息。巴基斯坦液化天然氣計劃于8月16日宣布中標者。巴基斯坦計劃在2019年9月至2020年3月之間接收該合同項下的首批兩船貨物。

據路透社消息人士稱，此次招標的競標者包括意大利石油天然氣巨頭埃尼集團、中石油、大宗商品交易巨頭托克以及阿塞拜疆國家石油公司的交易部門。

巴基斯坦液化天然氣公司周五在推特上表示：“我們向巴基斯坦招標的長期液化天然氣供應的技術投標已于昨日收到并開放。 評估正在進行中。 在過去的現貨供應方面，我們在隔天即開通商業報價，但長期招標的時間安排略有不同。”

卡塔爾目前是巴基斯坦最大的液化天然氣供應國，預計未來幾年，中國和泰國將與卡塔爾一起，成為全球和亞洲液化天然氣需求增長的主要推動力。截至2016年，巴基斯坦與卡塔爾簽署了一份為期15年的液化天然氣供應協議。該南亞國家還與大宗商品交易商貢沃爾簽署了一項為期5年的協議，并與埃尼簽署了一份為期15年的液化天然氣進口合同。

彭博社在5月份發布的最新液化天然氣展望報告中表示，未來5年，全球液化天然氣市場可能會經歷一段瘋狂時期，供需之間會出現大幅波動，并指出泰國和巴基斯坦將從2022年起成為“液化天然氣需求增長的重要引擎”。

裘寅 編譯自 今日油價

原文如下：

Eni, PetroChina, Trading Houses Bid In $6Bn Pakistan LNG Tender

Italy’s Eni, a unit of PetroChina, and two commodity traders have bid in Pakistan’s huge tender for supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for ten years estimated to be worth up to US$6 billion, Reuters reported on Friday, quoting two sources with knowledge of the matter.

The tender issued by Pakistan LNG Limited is for a master sale and purchase agreement (MSPA) for a period of ten years, under which the seller will supply 240 cargoes of LNG to Pakistan, two each month.

The deadline for submission of bids expired on Thursday and Pakistan has already opened the bids with technical information. Pakistan LNG is scheduled to announce the awarding of the tender on August 16. Pakistan aims to receive the first two cargoes under the tender between September 2019 and March 2020.

According to Reuters’s sources, the bidders in the tender were Italy’s oil and gas major Eni, PetroChina International Singapore, commodity trading giant Trafigura, and the trading unit of Azerbaijan’s state-held oil firm SOCAR.

“Technical bids for our long term LNG supply to Pakistan tender were received and opened yesterday. Evaluations are underway. In the past for spot cargoes we open commercial offers on the next day but the timelines are slightly different for long term tender,” Pakistan LNG said on Twitter on Friday.

Qatar is currently the largest LNG supplier to Pakistan, which is expected to be one of the key drivers of global and Asian LNG demand growth in the coming years, alongside China and Thailand. Pakistan has a 15-year LNG supply deal with Qatar as of 2016. The South Asian country also has a five-year agreement with commodity trader Gunvor and a 15-year contract to import LNG delivered by Eni.

The global LNG market could be in for a wild ride in the next five years with major swings between demand and supply excess, BloombergNEF said in its latest LNG outlook in May, noting that Thailand and Pakistan would become “important engines of LNG demand growth” from 2022 onwards.