據BNN Bloomberg 4月26日報道，除了去年批準的價值120億美元的斯卡伯勒(Scarborough)開發項目外，澳大利亞最大的天然氣出口商正在探索新的投資。該項目預計需要新的供應來緩解市場緊張。

位于珀斯的伍德賽德石油公司首席執行長Neill在接受采訪時說，最具競爭力的是Browse項目的開發商。與英國石油bp和殼牌公司等大型企業的數十億美元合作一直難以啟動，此前計劃將其開發為浮動液化天然氣廠，但由于價格疲軟，該計劃于2016年取消。

“過去幾年，該行業投資不足，”奧尼爾在電話中說，“我們看到市場結構緊張——要想解決這個問題，就需要更多的投資?！?/p>

歐洲預計將增加液化天然氣進口，以減少對管道燃料的依賴，這將超過額外供應，并使價格保持在高位。高利率令伍德賽德受益。該公司周二表示，第一季度銷售額較去年同期增長了大約一倍。

Neil表示，與必和必拓集團(BHP Group)擬議中的油氣業務合并，也可能有助于開啟對澳大利亞以外油田的投資。他說，必和必拓在特立尼達和多巴哥有幾處天然氣資產，可能為該國的Atlantic LNG出口工廠提供天然氣。

季廷偉 摘譯自 BNN Bloomberg

原文如下：

Woodside Mulls Australia Gas Supply Beyond $12 Billion Project

Australia’s top natural gas exporter is exploring new investments on top of the $12 billion Scarborough development that it approved last year on expectations that new supply will be needed to alleviate market tightness.

The lead contender is the Browse development, Meg O’Neill, the chief executive officer of Perth-based Woodside Petroleum Ltd. said in an interview. That multibillion-dollar collaboration with majors including BP Plc and Shell Plc has struggled to get off the ground, with a previous plan to develop it into a floating LNG plant scrapped in 2016 because of weak prices.

“The industry has under-invested for the last few years,” O’Neill said by telephone. “We are seeing the market being structurally tight -- to be able to address that, more investment is required.”

Europe is expected to boosts imports of liquefied natural gas to curb dependence on  pipeline fuel, outpacing additional supplies and keeping prices elevated. The high rates have benefited Woodside, which on Tuesday said that its first quarter sales roughly doubled from the same period last year.

A planned merger with BHP Group’s oil and gas business could also help unlock investments in fields outside Australia, according to O’Neill. BHP has several gas assets in Trinidad & Tobago, which could potentially supply that nation’s Atlantic LNG export plant, she said.