美国石油出口项目陷入停滞

据10月9日ArabNews报道，受到新冠肺炎疫情的影响，能源公司之间一度激烈的在德克萨斯州海岸外建造深水石油出口终端的竞赛陷入停滞。

在美国墨西哥湾沿岸最初的12项离岸石油出口提案中，只有3项仍待联邦海事监管机构审批。分析师表示，随着疫情大幅削减全球燃料需求，以及美国页岩油气田热情的减少，这些项目进展正变得缓慢。

咨询公司Lipow oil Associates总裁Andrew Lipow表示:"尽管这些项目可能还在规划阶段，但它们或多或少处于不确定状态，因为在当前的原油价格环境下，已经有了足够的出口能力。"

今年美国石油产量下降了18%，原油价格下跌了35%，减少了对新出口终端的需求。根据美国的数据，从去年的46%到今年7月，美国原油日出口增长放缓到8%。

王佳晶 摘译自 ArabNews

原文如下：

US oil-export projects stall

The pandemic has stalled a once-furious race among energy companies to build deepwater oil export terminals off the Texas coast, amid permitting delays and rising environmental opposition.

Only three out of an initial dozen offshore US Gulf Coast oil export proposals remain before federal maritime regulators. They are being slow-walked as the coronavirus slashed global fuel demand and the gusher from US shale fields ebbed, analysts said.

“While these projects may be on the drawing board, they are more or less in a state of limbo given that in the current crude oil price environment, there’s more than ample export capacity already available,” said Andrew Lipow, president of consultancy Lipow Oil Associates.

US oil production has declined 18 percent and crude prices have tumbled 35 percent this year, lessening demand for new export ports. Daily US crude exports slowed to 8 percent gain through July, down from 46 percent last year, according to US data.