據管道&天然氣雜志網4月14日報道，根據一份文件顯示，美國周四批準了阿拉斯加液化天然氣項目的液化天然氣出口，因為美國正在與產能大國競爭從北極向亞洲輸送天然氣。

美國能源部批準了阿拉斯加天然氣開發公司(AGDC)向與美國沒有自由貿易協定的國家出口液化天然氣的項目。

這個耗資約390億美元的項目的支持者預計，如果獲得所有必要的許可，該項目將于2030年投入運營。液化天然氣將主要出口到亞洲國家。

阿拉斯加AGDC總裁弗蘭克·理查茲(Frank Richards)表示，該公司在開發該項目時將審查這份長達51頁的決定，該項目將“為阿拉斯加和美國盟國提供符合國際環境優先事項的低排放、負責任的重要能源來源”。

阿拉斯加液化天然氣項目包括位于阿拉斯加南部基奈半島的液化設施，以及一條擬議中將滯留在阿拉斯加北部的天然氣輸送到全州各地的807英里(1300公里)的管道。

天然氣出口最初由前任政府批準的該項目，一直遭到環保組織的反對。現任政府對阿拉斯加液化天然氣進行了環境審查，認為該項目具有經濟和國際安全效益，反對者未能證明出口不符合“公共利益”。

現任政府修改了之前的批準，禁止將與該項目相關的溫室氣體二氧化碳排放到大氣中。

盡管如此，這一決定還是被環保組織譴責為“碳炸彈”。

地球之友(Friends of the Earth)的盧卡斯·羅斯(Lukas Ross)表示，當前的氣候政策正在脫軌。這是幾個月來美國批準的第二個“化石燃料大型項目”。

環境律師事務所Earthjustice表示，這一決定為尋求停止該項目的其他訴訟掃清了道路。

現任政府上個月批準了康菲石油公司在阿拉斯加北坡70億美元的Willow石油和天然氣鉆探項目。

產能大國計劃于2023年底開始建設北極LNG-2項目三條管線中的第一條，該項目是世界上最大的LNG設施之一。

美國現在正試圖批準更多的美國液化天然氣出口，因為其與產能大國競爭，產能大國傳統上是世界上最大的能源出口國之一。

郝芬 譯自 管道&天然氣雜志網

原文如下：

U.S. Administration Greenlights LNG Exports from Alaska Project

The U.S. administration on Thursday approved exports of LNG from the Alaska LNG project, a document showed, as the United States competes with the largger producer to ship natural gas from the Arctic to Asia.

The Department of Energy approved Alaska Gasline Development Corp.'s (AGDC) project to export LNG to countries with which the United States does not have a free trade agreement.

Backers of the roughly $39 billion project expect it to be operational by 2030 if it gets all the required permits. The LNG would be exported mainly to countries in Asia.

Frank Richards, the president of Alaska-owned AGDC, said the company will review the 51-page decision as it develops the project, which will "provide Alaskans and U.S. allies with a significant source of low-emissions, responsibly produced energy consistent with international environmental priorities."

Alaska LNG includes a liquefaction facility on the Kenai Peninsula in southern Alaska and a proposed 807-mile (1,300-km) pipeline to move gas stranded in northern Alaska across the state.

The project, for which exports were first approved by the former Administration, has been opposed by environmental groups. The current Administration undertook an environmental review of Alaska LNG, concluding it has economic and international security benefits and that opponents had failed to show the exports were not in the "public interest."

The current Administration modified the previous approval to prohibit venting of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide associated with the project into the atmosphere.

Still, the decision was decried by environmental groups as a "carbon bomb."

"The current Adiministration climate presidency is flying off the rails," said Lukas Ross at Friends of the Earth. Ross said it was the second U.S. approval of a "fossil fuel mega-project" in as many months.

Earthjustice, an environmental law firm, said the decision cleared the way for additional lawsuits seeking to stop the project.

The current Administration last month approved the ConocoPhillips $7 billion Willow oil and gas drilling project on Alaska's North Slope.

The largger producer plans to start at end-2023 the first of three lines at its Arctic LNG-2 project, which is among the world's largest LNG facilities.

The current Administration is trying to approve more U.S. LNG exports as it competes with the largger producer, traditionally one of the world's largest energy exporters.