据路透社2023年5月19日报道，Equinor、壳牌公司和埃克森美孚公司5月19日表示，他们已与坦桑尼亚政府达成一项协议，将在坦桑尼亚开发一个液化天然气（LNG）出口终端。
这项协议是这个拖延已久项目的一个里程碑，这个项目旨在开发坦桑尼亚巨大但偏远的海上天然气资源。参与这个项目的公司表示，这个项目预计将耗资数百亿美元。
Equinor表示，5月19日的协议包括东道国政府旨在提供监管框架和产量分成协议的主要内容，并在未来几周预期签署前接受法律法规审查。
Equinor坦桑尼亚区域经理Unni Fjaer在一份声明中表示：“这为实现坦桑尼亚和世界的这一绝佳LNG市场机会铺平了一系列里程碑的道路。”
坦桑尼亚政府首席谈判代表Charles Sangweni说，这项协议还涉及土地使用和安全问题。Sangweni告诉路透社：“尽管我们还有很多工作要做，但我们很高兴看到这是朝着实施这个项目迈出的一大步。如果一切按计划进行，相信最终投资决定将在2025年做出。”
壳牌公司坦桑尼亚分公司主管Jared Kuehl在linkedin上发布的另一份声明中表示，接下来的步骤包括一段时间的详细工程设计工作。
Equinor和壳牌公司是这个开发项目的联合运营商，埃克森美孚公司、Pavilion能源公司、Medco能源公司和坦桑尼亚国家石油公司TPDC是合作伙伴。
坦桑尼亚在2014年表示，这个项目的开发可能需要300亿美元，但分析人士表示，近年来的成本通胀可能会增加数十亿美元的投资。
壳牌公司目前担任坦桑尼亚1号和4号区块的作业者，这两个区块估计拥有16万亿立方英尺的可采天然气储量。
Equinor担任2号区块的作业者，埃克森美孚公司持有该区块的股份，据估计2号区块的天然气储量超过20万亿立方英尺。
李峻 译自 路透社
原文如下：
Equinor, Shell and Exxon Agree LNG Project with Tanzania
Equinor, Shell and Exxon Mobil have agreed a deal with the government of Tanzania for the development of a LNG export terminal in the East African country, the two sides said on Friday.
The agreement is a milestone for the long-delayed project to unlock Tanzania's vast but remote offshore gas resources, which the companies involved have said is expected to cost tens of billions of dollars.
Friday's deal includes the main elements of a host government agreement to provide a regulatory framework and a production sharing agreement, and is subject to legal reviews and quality assurance before an expected signing in the coming weeks, Norway's Equinor said.
"It paves the way for the series of milestones that need to follow to realize this fantastic LNG opportunity for the country and the world," Equinor's Tanzania country manager Unni Fjaer said in a statement.
The deal also involves land use and security, Tanzania's chief negotiator Charles Sangweni said.
"We are happy it is a big step towards the implementation of the project although we have a lot to do. If everything goes well as planned, I am confident that the final investment decision will be reached in 2025," Sangweni told Reuters.
The next steps involve a period of detailed engineering design work, Shell's Tanzania Chair Jared Kuehl said in a separate statement posted on linkedin.
Equinor and Shell are joint operators of the development while Exxon, Pavilion Energy, Medco Energi and Tanzania's national oil company TPDC are partners.
Tanzania said in 2014 that the project could cost $30 billion to develop, but analysts have said cost inflation in recent years could add billions more to the investment.
Shell operates Tanzania's Block 1 and Block 4, which hold 16 trillion cubic feet in estimated recoverable gas.
Norwegian oil and gas producer Equinor operates Block 2, in which Exxon Mobil holds a stake and which is estimated to hold more than 20 trillion cubic feet of gas.
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