据Sing Yee Ong、Ruth Liao和Stephen Stapczynski报道，由于伊朗局势动荡导致全球天然气运输受阻，作为美国液化天然气出口商的Venture Global Inc.正与更多中国买家洽谈，希望向其出售天然气。此举也促使中国着手实现天然气供应来源的多元化。
US liquefied natural gas exporter Venture Global Inc. is in talks to sell the fuel to additional Chinese buyers as the Iran war roils global shipments, spurring China to seek to diversify its sources of supply.
据知情人士透露，Venture Global已与至少三家中国液化天然气进口商，包括中国石油天然气集团公司，就长期供货合同展开初步洽谈，计划从该公司位于路易斯安那州的出口设施向中国供应天然气。由于相关谈判尚属机密，这些知情人士要求匿名。据称，若合作达成，中国石油天然气集团公司每年可获得的天然气供应量将超过100万吨。
Venture Global has been holding early-stage discussions for long-term contracts with at least three Chinese LNG importers, including PetroChina Co., to supply fuel from the American company’s export facilities in Louisiana, according to people familiar with the matter. For PetroChina, the supply would total more than 1 million tons per year, said the people, who declined to be identified because the discussions were confidential.
上个月，Venture Global还与一家中国企业签署了一份具有里程碑意义的协议，约定自2030年起开始供气。
Venture Global signed a rare deal with a Chinese company last month for supply starting from 2030.
Venture Global的发言人以无可置评为由未作回应，中国石油天然气集团公司也未对置评请求作出答复。
A spokesperson for Venture Global declined to comment. PetroChina didn’t respond to a request for comment.
这些洽谈表明，尽管中国政府在2025年为应对特朗普总统发起的贸易战而对美国天然气征收关税，但中国企业仍对增加美国天然气采购表现出浓厚兴趣。作为全球最大的液化天然气进口国，中国目前高度依赖中东地区的天然气供应。然而，伊朗战争引发的安全隐患令这一供应链面临威胁：霍尔木兹海峡频遭袭击导致油轮通行受阻，卡塔尔也不得不暂时关闭一处大型出口设施。
The discussions signal that Chinese companies are warming up to the prospect of procuring more US supply, even though Beijing imposed tariffs on American gas in 2025 in response President Donald Trump’s trade war. China, the world’s largest LNG importer, is heavily reliant on shipments of the heating and power-plant fuel from the Middle East. But the Iran war has called into question the security of that supply after attacks choked tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and forced Qatar to shut a major export facility.
自2月下旬起，霍尔木兹海峡近乎封闭，致使亚洲和欧洲的液化天然气现货价格大幅飙升，中国也因此被迫缩减进口规模。去年，卡塔尔是中国液化天然气进口总量的近30%。
The near-closure of the strait since late February has triggered a spike in spot LNG prices in Asia and Europe, prompting China to to scale back purchases. Nearly 30% of China’s LNG imports came from Qatar last year.