克罗地亚LNG终端在低需求下仍将继续推进

据路透社萨格勒布报道，克罗地亚能源部长Tomislav Coric表示，尽管天然气买家提出的有约束力的投标数量较低，但克罗地亚仍将继续推进在亚得里亚海北部规划中的LNG终端项目。

克罗地亚正努力使其能源来源多样化，但去年年底收到的使用北亚得里亚海Krk液化天然气终端的投标寥寥无几，这使人们对其可行性产生了一些怀疑。

Coric在回答一名议员的提问时表示：“这是一个战略项目，并正在这一范畴内执行。该项目计划被多个国家使用，不仅仅是克罗地亚，而且是欧洲联盟能源多样化计划的一部分。”

他没有详细说明政府计划如何在财政上支持LNG终端，该终端暂时被视为从2021年初开始运营。

该浮动LNG终端计划年产能为25亿立方米天然气，克罗地亚则收到了价值5.2亿立方米的有约束力的投标。Coric还说，克罗地亚还收到了一些匈牙利公司关于使用该终端的意向书。

作为欧盟从俄罗斯能源进口转向多元化努力的一部分，该终端部分由欧盟资助。目标市场是中欧和东南欧的国家。

该终端的价值被视为2.5亿欧元（合2.85亿美元），而欧盟仅提供了1.2亿欧元。其馀的资金最初计划以商业方式提供。

克罗地亚每年消耗的天然气量略高于该终端的设计产能。近年来，该国国内天然气产量有所下降，占全国需求量的40%多一点。

詹晓晶  摘自路透社

原文如下：

Croatian LNG terminal to go ahead despite low demand

Croatia will press on with a planned floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal project in the northern Adriatic despite a low number of binding bids from gas buyers, Energy Minister Tomislav Coric said.

Croatia is trying to diversify its energy sources but late last year received few bids for the use of the LNG terminal on the northern Adriatic island of Krk, which cast some doubt over its viability.

“It is a strategic project and is being implemented within that context. It is planned to be used by several countries, not just Croatia, and is part of the European Union plans to diversify energy sources,” Coric told the parliament while answering a deputy’s question.

He did not elaborate on how the government planned to financially support the LNG terminal which is tentatively seen as starting operations from the beginning of 2021.

The floating terminal has a planned capacity of 2.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas per year, while Croatia received binding bids amounting to 0.52 bcm. Coric also said Croatia had also received the letters of intent for use of the terminal from some Hungarian companies.

The terminal is being partially financed by the European Union as part of EU efforts to diversify away from Russian energy imports. The targeted markets are countries in central and southeastern Europe.

The value of the terminal is seen at 250 million euros ($285 million), with the EU providing just over 120 million euros. The rest was originally planned to be financed on commercial terms.

Croatia annually consumes gas volumes slightly higher than the terminal’s planned capacity. Domestic production, which has fallen in recent years, accounts for slightly more than 40 percent of the country’s requirements.​