The Economic Analysis And Empirical Research On LNG Transportation Through Arctic Route

At first,this paper introduces in detail to the arctic,the distribution of oil and gas resources,the development present situation,after the existing study of Arctic routes and disadvantages are described briefly,then analyzed the structure of energy imports in China and Europe respectively,and then focus on the Yamal LNG project by the Arctic shipping line several schemes to calculate,compare,research,finally the most economical transport route is concluded.With the rapid development of industrialization and urbanization,the world's demands for oil and gas resources are unprecedented.At present,China's oil and gas imports mainly rely on the Middle East,Africa and Southeast Asian countries.About 80%of the imported oil and gas needs to be transported through the Strait of Malacca,and the import channels are too concentrated,which is negative to national energy security.France's^traditional LNG importer is Algeria,but while Algeria exporting less gas,most of Europe have to choose between Russia and Qatar.Respectively according to the oil and gas transportation cost model,numerical simulation of emerging LNG exporter Russia and LNG export market leader Qatari exporting to China and Europe and the Arctic route through traditional routes of shipping comprehensive cost and comparison.The calculation is divided into the following five kinds of situations,Arc7 since the ice LNG carrier from Russia's beta port using the Arctic northeast route to China Dalian port(scheme 1);Q Fleet LNG carrier passes through the Suez Canal route from Russia,s port of Sabetta to Chinafs port of Dalian(scheme 2);Q Fleet LNG carrier passes through the strait of Malacca to Dalian port of China from Qatar for the whole year(scheme 3);Q Fleet LNG carriers use the northwest Arctic sea route from Sabetta,Russia to reach the port of Montoir,France(scheme 4);while Q Fleet LNG carriers use the route of Suez Canal to reach the port of Montoir,France(scheme 5).It concludes that the NSR provides a competitive advantage in terms of costs in comparison with the SCR for the transportation of Arctic LNG to Asian market and that Arctic LNG is comparatively competitive with the Qatari LNG in terms of transportation costs.