伍德赛德能源公司 5 月 30 日宣布，该公司将从日本国际协力银行 (JBIC) 获得 10 亿美元贷款，以支持斯卡伯勒液化天然气项目的开发。

该项目将是伍德赛德斯卡伯勒气田的一部分，该气田距离澳大利亚西北海岸约 230 英里。该项目的第一批液化天然气货物计划于 2026 年交付。满负荷生产后，斯卡伯勒预计将生产 8 百万公吨液化天然气。

“对斯卡伯勒等澳大利亚新液化天然气供应的投资可以帮助日本客户满足其能源安全需求，同时也支持区域脱碳目标，”伍德赛德首席执行官梅格·奥尼尔在一份新闻稿中表示。

根据伍德赛德的新闻稿，伍德赛德和日本国际协力银行已经达成协议，开发稳定的减排电源供应，并就另外两个项目达成了融资协议。

伍德赛德还积极参与西半球的液化天然气开发。 2023 年 6 月，该公司与合作伙伴 Pemex 就墨西哥近海 Trion 开发项目做出了 72 亿美元的最终投资决定。

Woodside Energy will receive a $1 billion loan from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) to support the Scarborough LNG project’s development, the company announced May 30.

The project will be part of Woodside’s Scarborough gas field, located about 230 miles off the northwest coast of Australia. The project’s first LNG cargo is scheduled for 2026. At full production, Scarborough is projected to produce 8 MMmt/y of LNG.

“Investment in new Australian LNG supply, like Scarborough, can help Japanese customers meet their energy security needs while also supporting regional decarbonization goals,” Woodside CEO Meg O’Neill said in a press release.

Woodside and JBIC already have an agreement in place to develop a stable supply of emissions-reducing power supplies and have made financing agreements on two other projects, according to a press release from Woodside.

Woodside has also been active in LNG development in the western hemisphere. In June 2023, the company made a $7.2 billion final investment decision on its Trion development offshore Mexico with partner Pemex.