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WITH Singapore's multi-billion dollar liquefied natural gas terminal up and running, developer Singapore LNG's top priority in the near-term is to turn its focus from project to business-oriented goals, its CEO, Neil McGregor says.存倉 SLNG's other critical targets are "safe and reliable production, and building the business in accord with our obligations to customers and to the future framework that the country adopts for LNG", he said. In that respect "we have made the Singapore LNG Terminal 'future-proof'. What we have designed is a highly flexible and scalable terminal", Mr McGregor underlined in an interview in the just-released Energy Market Authority newsletter On. Currently, market players here are eagerly waiting for the Singapore Government to determine the framework for future import/export of LNG in the Singapore market, after initial buyer BG Group has fully contracted its franchised volumes. "Whatever the decision, SLNG will play a pivotal role in facilitating the flow of LNG into and out of Singapore; and by that extension, in the future growth of the Singapore LNG industry," Mr McGregor said. By "future-proofing" the Jurong Island terminal, he said that SLNG "can berth a wide range of LNG vessels from small 10,000 cu m capacity ships to the largest Q-Max vessels that are about 265,000 cu m; we can perform unloading and reloading activities efficiently; and we can further expand our capacity and facilities to cater to different market needs as and when they materialise. "What this means is that the SLNG terminal can support and facilitate a wide range of possible future LNG business opportunities that may include LNG breakbulk and transshipment, LNG bunkering, LNG trucking or nitrogen blending for regasified LNG, just to name a few." This is critical given the LNG opportunities that will open up for 自存倉ingapore in the coming decade. Mr McGregor said that with LNG on its way to becoming the fuel of the future, "Singapore and the SLNG Terminal are in the right place and at the right time to tap into this future in a big way. "Perhaps the biggest opportunity ahead of us, and arguably the most strategically important one, is the opportunity for Singapore to not just tap into the global gas market, but to become a major player in it." This is because the Jurong Island terminal - whose capacity SLNG is continuing to expand - is becoming a strategic asset not just for Singapore, but also for the global LNG industry, he explained. "It is a critical installation for Singapore because it opens up, quite literally, an entire world of fuel resources to power Singapore's residential and commercial energy needs for generations to come. "It is also important to the rest of the world, because it has the potential to become a vital node to facilitate global LNG flow from source countries to demand centres . . . Even though it is still early days, Singapore and its new LNG terminal already have the attention of the global LNG industry as being a force for change in this region," he said. There are many external and internal factors that favour this development, the SLNG chief said. LNG supply and demand is increasing worldwide, with supply coming mainly from the West and demand mainly from Asia. Today, some 63 per cent of global LNG demand comes from Asia, and this is expected to grow. "Internally, Singapore is geographically very well located at the centre of major trade routes, and is already a trusted financial centre and major oil trading hub. "I would say that the fruits are ripe for the picking. All that remains is to harvest these fruits in a way that would best suit Singapore's strategic and economic interests," he said.迷你倉新蒲崗