据彭博社6月6日报道，卡塔尔正在提供供应期限更短、更便宜的液化天然气合同，在与美国竞争日益激烈之际，卡塔尔试图通过扩建项目确保客户的供应。
据知情人士透露，上周，世界最大液化天然气出口国与孟加拉国达成一项协议，协议提供了更宽松的付款期限。
知情人士表示，供应商的目标是能更好满足客户需求，尤其是亚洲新兴国家需求，这些国家正与高昂的能源成本进行斗争，或者无法承诺达成长期协议。由于细节保密，他们要求匿名。
与孟加拉国签署协议的卡塔尔能源公司没有回应置评请求。孟加拉国电力和能源部没有立即回应置评请求。
卡塔尔正在建设世界上最大的液化天然气扩建项目，目标是到2027年将产量提高60%以上，但迄今为止仅仅签署了一小部分供应的长期协议。它在寻找买家的同时，美国出口商也在提高产量，并与该行业一些最灵活的合约缔结方签订了一系列协议。
众所周知，卡塔尔签订的供应协议传统上包含严格的条款，比如要求将货物运送到特定港口的条款，并青睐那些持续数十年的长期合同。这使得日本和欧洲的一些买家不再承诺签订更多的协议，因为他们计划从化石燃料转向可再生能源，这就凸显了供应协议僵化冗长的短板。
据知情人士透露，该国目前正在为亚洲一些国家提供期限短于20年的交易。他们补充说，孟加拉国的协议签署了15年，价格方面与布伦特原油的挂钩率约为12.6%，每百万英热单位提高50美分。
知情人士表示，这低于去年全球能源危机高峰期的价格。
洪伟立 摘译自 彭博社
原文如下：
Qatar Offers Cheaper LNG to Asian Market
Qatar is offering shorter and cheaper liquefied natural gas contracts as it attempts to secure customers for supply from expansion projects amid rising competition with the US.
A deal agreed last week between the world’s top LNG exporter and Bangladesh included more lenient payment deadlines than typically offered, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
The supplier is aiming to be more accommodating of the needs of customers, particularly emerging nations in Asia, that struggle with high energy costs or are unable to commit to long-term agreements, said the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity as the details are private.
QatarEnergy, which signed the deal with Bangladesh, didn’t respond to a request for comment. Bangladesh’s power and energy ministry didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
The nation is building the world’s biggest LNG expansion project, which aims to boost output by more than 60% through 2027, but has so far only signed long-term deals for a fraction of that supply. It’s seeking buyers at the same time that US exporters have also been lifting production and cementing a flurry of pacts with some of the industry’s most flexible contracts.
Qatar is traditionally known to include strict terms in supply deals, such as clauses that require delivery to specific ports, and favors contracts that last for decades. That’s deterred some buyers in Japan and Europe from committing to additional deals, as they plan for a shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources that could make rigid, lengthy supply agreements problematic.
The nation is now offering some nations in Asia deals with shorter durations than 20 years, according to the people. Bangladesh’s deal was signed for 15 years at roughly a 12.6% link to Brent crude oil plus 50 US cents per million British thermal units, they added.
That’s below prices offered last year during the peak of the global energy crisis, the people said.
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