據(jù)3月9日Gas World報(bào)道，在新加坡實(shí)現(xiàn)了成為亞洲液化天然氣中心的目標(biāo)后，泰國(guó)也表達(dá)了自己的遠(yuǎn)大規(guī)劃，希望參與成為亞洲首屈一指的液化天然氣燃料貿(mào)易中心的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。泰國(guó)礦物部液化天然氣管理局代理局長(zhǎng)Porrasak Ngamsompark最近在新加坡舉辦的“國(guó)際能源周”活動(dòng)上證實(shí)了這一點(diǎn)。

據(jù)世界銀行的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，泰國(guó)超過(guò)70%的電力生產(chǎn)來(lái)自天然氣。按照目前的情況，泰國(guó)國(guó)內(nèi)的天然氣產(chǎn)量占該國(guó)天然氣需求的70%以上，而來(lái)自鄰國(guó)緬甸的管道輸送則占其余的30%。

該國(guó)的能源政策也以科學(xué)的細(xì)致的計(jì)劃展示如何能把泰國(guó)變成一個(gè)區(qū)域性的燃料貿(mào)易中心。從現(xiàn)在到2030年，任何建設(shè)天然氣中心的舉措(如果真的實(shí)現(xiàn)的話)將為該國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)注入約50億美元。

從地理角度來(lái)看，泰國(guó)成為一個(gè)樞紐的前景確實(shí)很大。它恰好位于液化天然氣需求激增的地區(qū)——從中國(guó)到日本，再到印度、柬埔寨和越南。更重要的是，它擁有為區(qū)域液化天然氣貿(mào)易提供服務(wù)的基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施，這些基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施最早可能在2021年啟動(dòng)。

事實(shí)上，馬來(lái)西亞首席海事分析師納澤里·哈立德(Nazery Khalid)表示：“泰國(guó)在2017年的主要天然氣生產(chǎn)國(guó)中排名第22位，而在消費(fèi)國(guó)中排名第13位。天然氣儲(chǔ)量在世界上排名第44位，這使得泰國(guó)政府鼓勵(lì)發(fā)展天然氣產(chǎn)業(yè)，并加強(qiáng)了天然氣生態(tài)系統(tǒng)。”

王佳晶 摘譯自 Gas World

原文如下：

Thailand reveals LNG hub ambitions

First, it was Singapore that made bare its plans to be an LNG hub in Asia. Not to be outclassed, Thailand too has expressed its own lofty ambitions to get into the race of being Asia’s premier LNG bunker trading hub.

There is plenty of reason why. According to The World Bank, more than 70% of Thailand’s electricity production comes from natural gas.

As it now stands, domestic output is providing for more than 70% of Thailand’s gas needs while pipeline deliveries from neighbouring Myanmar – where gas been found in abundance – account for the rest.

This was affirmed by Porrasak Ngamsompark, Acting Director of the LNG Management Bureau at Thailand’s Department of Mineral Fuels, at an event in Singapore recently when the city-state held its’ International Energy Week.

The nation’s Energy Policy also acknowledged with scientific details how it can turn the nation into a regional trading hub for the fuel. Any move to build a hub, if and when it does come to pass, will inject some $5bn into its economy between now and 2030.

From a geographical standpoint, there does appear plenty of promise for Thailand to be turned into a hub. It lies smack in the region where LNG demand is roaring – right from China, to Japan, to India, Cambodia, and Vietnam. What’s more it has the infrastructure to provide services for regional LNG trading, infrastructure which could get cranking as early as 2021.

In fact, Malaysia’s leading maritime analyst, Nazery Khalid, told gasworld, “Thailand is ranked 22nd as a major gas-producing nation in 2017, while it was the 13th largest consuming nation in the world. Its gas reserves are the 44th largest in the world [thus causing the Thai government] to develop its gas industry and strengthen its gas ecosystem.”