m在Bechtel National和Sempra Energy在德克萨斯州Arthur Liquefied天然气液化项目的固定价格工程，采购和建筑合同签署了固定价格的工程，采购和建筑合同后，矿石比两年半签署了矿石。项目价格为105亿美元。

The companies signed the original agreement in March 2020, but Sempra delayed a final investment decision to build the plant by at least a year due to COVID-19 generated cuts in global demand for fuel.

Neither Sempra nor Bechtel disclosed or commented on the original contract price but earlier reports suggested the 2020 cost at between $8 billion and $9 billion.

Based on current robust customer interest, “we know that Port Arthur LNG is highly attractive to the global market,” Sempra said in its Oct.20 announcement of the contract.

联邦能源监管委员会于10月13日批准了Sempra 7月份的延期要求，以完成工厂和相关管道的建设，并以与建筑延迟有关的大流行有关的市场状况和供应链问题。截止日期从2024年4月移至2028年6月。FERC最初于2019年4月批准建造该工厂。

全球对液化天然气的需求在2022年反弹，欧洲的天然气价格上涨了约111％，俄罗斯入侵乌克兰。

该项目的第一阶段将包括两辆预计每年的LNG，储罐，海洋泊位和装载设施的天然气液化列车。Sempra说，该项目的第二阶段是“竞争性的定位”，并且正在发展。

扩展可能

但是，大型地点沿着萨宾河水的三英里延伸的近3,000英亩土地可以扩展到八列液化列车，每年约4500万吨。

贝克特's oil, gas and chemicals unit will perform detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, startup, performance testing and operator training activities.

Sempra said Bechtel will continue engineering before a final investment decision to better assure project cost and schedule certainty.

全球的gas buyers have been slow to sign new long-term contracts needed to finance multibillion-dollar LNG projects due to overbuilding of export terminals in 2019, says Reuters. Building new U.S. export infrastructure now is seen as critical to providing overseas markets with cleaner fuel alternatives, said Jeffrey Martin, Sempra Energy chairman and CEO.

Sempra说，该项目可能会创造一支工艺人员，达到约5,000个高峰。

But the Port Arthur Community Action Network, which has sought stricter air pollution limits for the facility that a state environmental agency declined to set in September in approving its permit—despite support of the group's position by an administrative law judge earlier this year—filed an appeal in federal court in October, says a通过Spotlight报告。

它说，国家机构同意亚瑟港港口的说法，即这些限制在财务上是不可行的，并且在现有设施中尚未对新技术进行测试。代理商和公司官员拒绝置评，并引用了新诉讼。

另一个大型液化天然气项目

Sempra还与合作伙伴一起开发了位于路易斯安那州哈克伯里的卡梅伦液化天然气出口项目的第二阶段。在协议中reached in April. Developer partners include TotalEnergies, Mitsubishi and NKY Group,

授予Bechtel的两项前端工程设计合同，并授予合资JGC America和Zachry Industrial。在合同结束时，一家公司将被选为估计40亿美元项目的EPC承包商。施工定于2026年开始。

可能的开发商还同意为卡梅伦液化天然气开发一个碳捕获和存储项目，其容量高达200万吨地下注入井中。该项目应遵守确保许可证和确定性协议，以及每个合作伙伴的最终投资决定。

Sempra今年早些时候宣布了未来五年计划的360亿美元资本投资计划，即创纪录的水平，包括化石燃料和可再生能源支出。