-- 根據彭博社週五報道,加拿大不列顛哥倫比亞省政府正在製定天然氣開採特許權使用費的修訂方案,該方案引發了業界的擔憂,並可能危及新的投資。 彭博社引述知情人士的話稱,大約一個月前,政府的一份報告顯示,如果天然氣價格上漲到一定水平,生產商將支付更高的特許權使用費,這令企業感到不安。由於事關機密,這些知情人士不願透露姓名。 鑑於石油和天然氣特許權使用費制度已經審查了幾年,而且各公司已經確認了未來12個月的鑽探計劃,此次修訂令企業感到意外。 不列顛哥倫比亞省能源部在發給彭博社的電子郵件聲明中表示,修訂工作已接近完成,將於1月1日生效。已聯繫該部尋求置評。 文章稱,加拿大總理馬克·卡尼鼓勵新的液化天然氣項目,作為經濟改革的一部分。 儘管加拿大2023年的所有天然氣出口都銷往美國,但該國在2025年開始向亞洲出口液化天然氣(LNG),在唐納德·特朗普總統威脅加徵關稅後,實現了能源來源多元化,擺脫對美國的依賴。 彭博社報導,卡加利商會執行長黛博拉·耶德林(Deborah Yedlin)最近在報紙上發表評論文章稱,卑詩省正在進行一場「掠奪特許權使用費」的行動,這可能會危及即將做出最終投資決定的LNG項目。 文章指出,卑詩省政府代表與能源公司之間的討論緩解了後者的一些擔憂,但並非全部。 一個計劃中但尚未開工的LNG項目是加拿大液化天然氣公司(LNG Canada)的二期工程,該項目將使其產能翻番,達到每年約2800萬噸,可能會受到特許權使用費變化的影響。加拿大液化天然氣公司由殼牌(SHEL)和其他公司支持。 卑詩省能源部表示,任何新的能源定價系統都將更加透明,更符合當今的市場動態,並在企業發展和省政府利益之間取得平衡。 (市場動態新聞來自與全球市場專業人士的對話。這些資訊據信來自可靠來源,但可能包含傳聞和推測。準確性無法保證。)
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