据天然气工业8月17日消息称，印度最大的天然气进口国Petronet LNG公司的财务主管V.K. Mishra表示，该公司希望将从卡塔尔购买液化天然气的长期协议延长到2028年以后。

Petronet与卡塔尔达成了一项长期协议，将于2028年到期，届时Petronet将从卡塔尔购买750万吨/年的液化天然气。

Mishra在该公司6月公布季报后的分析师会议上表示：“这是一份很好的合同，或许我们能与他们谈判。”

他说，根据新条款和条件延长合同的谈判将于2023年开始。

印度目标是，到2030年，将清洁燃料在该国能源结构中的份额从目前的6.2%提高到15%，印度的天然气需求随之将会上升。

印度公司正在投资数十亿美元建设基础设施，包括管道和天然气进口终端。

Petronet在该国运营着两个液化天然气进口终端，该公司计划在东海岸建设第三个此类设施。

Mishra说，他的公司正在进行天然气需求评估，然后为明年的项目下施工订单。

朱佳妮 摘译自 天然气工业

原文如下：

India's Petronet aims to extend long-term LNG buy deal with Qatar

India's top gas importer Petronet LNG hopes to extend its long-term deal to purchase LNG from Qatar to beyond 2028, the company's head of finance V.K. Mishra said.

Petronet has a deal to buy 7.5 MMtpy of LNG from Qatar under a long-term deal expiring in 2028.

"It is a good contract and perhaps we will be able to negotiate with them," Mishra told an analyst conference after the June quarter earnings of the company.

He said negotiations for the extension of the contract under new terms and conditions will begin in 2023.

India's gas demand is set to rise as targets raising the share of the cleaner fuel in the country's energy mix to 15% by 2030 from the current 6.2%.

Indian companies are investing billions of dollars to build infrastructure including pipelines and gas import terminals.

Petronet, which operates two LNG import terminals in the country, plans to build a third such facility on the east coast.

Mishra said his firm is conducting gas demand assessment ahead of placing construction orders for the project next year.