據能源世界網9月16日新加坡報道，馬來西亞國家石油公司（Petronas）的一名高管周三表示，受航運業減排愿望的推動，到2030年，以液化天然氣（LNG）為燃料的船舶數量預計將增加一倍以上。

目前，在8萬多艘注冊船舶中，只有不到400艘使用液化天然氣作為燃料。Petronas Marine全球液化天然氣燃料供應主管穆罕默德?拉姆利(Mohd Rafe Mohamed Ramli)表示，到2030年，全球可能增至1000艘。

航運業一直面臨著減少碳排放的壓力。今年，航運業還出臺了新的規定，以減少船用燃料中的硫含量。這反過來又刺激了油輪運營商和郵輪對液化天然氣作為船用燃料的需求。

Ramli表示，雖然歐洲是液化天然氣作為船用燃料的主要消費區域，但新加坡和馬來西亞的需求預計也會增加，這兩個已經是全球船用燃料中心。

他指出馬來西亞與印尼蘇門答臘島之間的水路是一條重要的交通要道。并表示，馬來西亞和新加坡擁有同樣的海上交通能力。僅馬六甲海峽每年就有超過80,000次過境，因此這是一個巨大的服務市場。

他稱，隨著全球液化天然氣生產能力的增強，這種超冷凍燃料的供應將繼續使價格保持在較低水平，與其他燃料相比具有競爭力。

馬來西亞國家石油公司計劃在“Avenir Advantage”號油輪完成在中國的最后試航后，在馬來西亞提供液化天然氣加注服務。

在美國和澳大利亞的新產能壓低現貨價格的時候，馬來西亞國家石油公司（Petronas）一直在探索推廣LNG作為船用燃料的方法。馬來西亞是世界第四大LNG出口國。

郝芬 譯自 能源世界網

原文如下：

LNG-fuelled tankers to more than double by 2030: Petronas exec

The number of ships fuelled by liquefied natural gas (LNG) is expected to more than double by 2030, driven by the shipping industry's desire to cut emissions, a senior executive at Malaysia's Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) said on Wednesday.

Currently, less than 400 out of a total of more than 80,000 registered ships, run on LNG as fuel source. This number could increase to 1,000 vessels globally by 2030, said Mohd Rafe Mohamed Ramli, head of global LNG bunkering at Petronas Marine.

The shipping industry has been under pressure to reduce carbon emissions, after also introducing new rules this year to cut the sulphur content in marine fuels, also know as bunker fuels. This in turn is prompting demand for LNG as a bunker fuel by tanker operators and cruise liners.

While Europe is the main consumption region for LNG as a bunker fuel, demand in Singapore and Malaysia, already global oil bunker fuel hubs, is also expected to increase, Ramli said.

"Malaysia and Singapore share the same marine traffic. There are more than 80,000 transits in the Malacca Strait alone every year, so this is a huge market to serve," he said, referring to the waterway between Malaysia and the Indonesian island of Sumatra that is a key shipping lane.

As LNG production capacity builds globally, the availability of the super-chilled fuel will continue to keep prices low and competitive against other fuels, he said.

Petronas plans to use the tanker Avenir Advantage to provide LNG bunkering services in Malaysia once the ship completes its final commissioning exercise in China.

Petronas has been exploring ways to promote LNG as a marine fuel at a time when spot prices have been depressed by new capacity from the United States and Australia. Malaysia is the world's fourth-largest LNG exporter.