卡塔尔能源公司首席执行官萨阿德·谢里达·阿尔-卡比周四对路透社表示，该公司正从美国和其他供应商处购买长期液化天然气供应，这是建立贸易和套利对冲策略的一部分，旨在未来若霍尔木兹海峡出口受阻时产生收入。
QatarEnergy is buying long-term supplies of liquefied natural gas from the US and other suppliers as part of a strategy to build a trading and arbitrage hedge that would generate revenue if exports through the Strait of Hormuz are disrupted in the future, CEO Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi told Reuters on Thursday.
卡比同时担任能源事务国务部长，他谈及该计划时说：“在海峡关闭的情景下——这才是我们要应对的真正应急情况——你会立即看到天然气价格飙升，届时卡塔尔能源将能获得原本无法获得的收入。”
"In a scenario where you have a closure of the strait, which is the true contingency that we're looking to have, you'd immediately see a spike in gas price and you'll be able to generate revenue for QatarEnergy that otherwise wouldn't be generated," Kaabi, who is also the minister of state for energy affairs, said of the plan.
卡比的言论首次披露了卡塔尔——世界最大液化天然气生产国之一——计划如何抵消伊朗战争导致的收入损失，并保护营收免受霍尔木兹海峡未来中断的影响。
Kaabi's remarks reveal for the first time how Qatar, one of the world's largest LNG producers, plans to offset lost income from the Iran war and protect revenue against future disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.