-- アブダビ国営石油会社(ADNO)は、米国のガスバリューチェーンに「数百億ドル」を投資する予定で、29件の潜在的な案件を検討中であると、同社の投資部門XRGの最高投資責任者であるナミール・シディキ氏の発言を引用して、フィナンシャル・タイムズ紙が火曜日に報じた。 シディキ氏は同紙のインタビューで、米イラン紛争がエネルギー事業を混乱させたことを受け、XRGは商品へのエクスポージャーを多様化することを目指しており、同時に世界および米国における液化天然ガス(LNG)需要の高まりを活用しようとしていると述べた。 シディキ氏によると、同社は支配的取引、掘削合弁事業、少数株主としての出資などを検討しているという。 XRGは、ガス採掘からパイプライン建設、処理プラント、液化施設に至るまで、ガスバリューチェーン全体に事業を展開する意向だ。再ガス化施設や、最終目的地国へのパイプライン建設も開発対象に含まれる可能性がある。 シディキ氏によれば、同社は米国のエネルギー市場への投資において「大胆」な姿勢で臨むつもりだという。国内で統合型LNGプロジェクトの建設に失敗した他の企業と比較して、XRGは資金力と長期的な展望を持つ単一株主という強みを活かすだろう。 フィナンシャル・タイムズ紙が引用したラピダン・エナジーのグローバルガス担当ディレクター、アレックス・ムントン氏は、資金力のある中東の投資家は、銀行が供給過剰への懸念からこの分野を敬遠する傾向があるため、米国ガス市場への参入において有利な立場にあると述べた。 しかし、ムントン氏によると、ロシアによるウクライナ侵攻後の米国産LNG需要の急増とトランプ政権の強力な支援を受けて、XRGは「既に確立された市場」に参入する必要があるという。 XRGはテキサス州のリオグランデLNGプラントの株式を保有している。 米国以外では、エジプト、モザンビーク、アゼルバイジャンで資産を取得している。同通信社によると、XRGはオーストラリアのLNGプロジェクトにも関心を示していたが、2025年9月にはオーストラリアの石油・ガス会社サントスに対する190億ドルの買収提案を撤回していた。 XRGはこれまで、オーストリアのOMVとの合併によるボルージュ・インターナショナルの設立、そしてドイツのコベストロを147億ユーロ(171億9000万ドル)で買収するなど、化学業界に大型買収案件を集中させてきた。 一方、フィナンシャル・タイムズ紙が引用したXRGのエネルギーソリューション部門社長ミケーレ・フィオレンティーノ氏の発言によると、XRGは需要低迷のため低炭素エネルギーへの投資を中止し、ガスプロジェクトに注力する方針だという。 (マーケットチャッターのニュースは、世界中の市場専門家との会話に基づいています。この情報は信頼できる情報源に基づいていると考えられますが、噂や憶測が含まれる可能性があります。正確性は保証されません。)
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