跟进：台湾经济部证实中油与阿拉斯加LNG合作框架 每年采购600万吨、投资最高44亿美元
台湾经济部10月14日表示，台湾中油公司与阿拉斯加液化天然气（Alaska LNG）项目开发商的合作取得重大突破：按目前规划方向，合作包括项目投产后每年采购600万吨液化天然气，并参与项目开发，投资总额估计最高达44亿美元（约合新台币1400亿元）。经济部同时表示，后续具体投资安排、股权比例与商业条款，仍须由双方进行实质协商并依商业合同程序办理。
经济部说，中油于2025年3月在台北与阿拉斯加天然气管道开发公司（AGDC）签署阿拉斯加LNG采购与投资意向书，此后经过近一年半的谈判与审慎评估，与美方开发商达成上述合作框架。经济部表示，此举是为确保台湾天然气供应稳定、推进采购来源多元化；若每年采购量达到600万吨，台湾自美国进口天然气占其天然气进口总量的比重，将由目前的约一成升至约三成五。经济部还表示，按目前规划，若项目各阶段如期推进，阿拉斯加天然气最快可于2032年开始供应台湾市场。
就在前一天（10月13日），美国总统特朗普在阿拉斯加州瓦西拉的一场集会上宣布，台湾已同意购买阿拉斯加LNG项目所产天然气的30%、为期20年，并投资44亿美元；同场的美国商务部长卢特尼克（Howard Lutnick）当时也表示，台湾已承诺向这条管道的开发投入44亿美元。据路透社报道，台湾行政院长卓荣泰14日被问及特朗普的上述说法时表示，政府的责任是稳定整体能源供应并建立其韧性。
阿拉斯加LNG项目的设计年产能最高约2000万吨，中油规划的每年600万吨采购量约相当于其三成，与特朗普所称的「30%」大致吻合。本站今晨的报道在台方正式回应前指出，特朗普所称协议的具体条款尚不明确、台湾方面尚未公开回应；经济部14日的说明，是台方就此事首次作出正式表态。不过，经济部在说明中未提及具约束力的最终合同已经签署，并强调后续事项仍须协商与合同程序。（据路透社报道及台湾经济部说明综合）
Follow-Up: Taiwan's Economy Ministry Confirms CPC-Alaska LNG Framework - 6 Million Tonnes a Year, Up to $4.4 Billion in Investment
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs said on October 14 that CPC Corporation's cooperation with the developers of the Alaska LNG project has reached a major breakthrough: under the current planning direction, the framework includes purchases of 6 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas per year once the project is in production, together with participation in the project's development, with total investment estimated at up to US$4.4 billion (about NT$140 billion). The ministry added that specific investment arrangements, equity stakes and commercial terms remain subject to substantive negotiations and commercial contracting procedures between the two sides.
The ministry said CPC signed a letter of intent with the Alaska Gasline Development Corp in Taipei in March 2025 to buy LNG from and invest in the project, and that after nearly a year and a half of negotiations and evaluation, CPC and the U.S. developers had reached the framework. The ministry said the move is intended to keep Taiwan's gas supply stable and diversify its sources; if annual purchases reach 6 million tonnes, the U.S. share of Taiwan's natural gas imports would rise from about one-tenth today to about 35 percent. If project milestones proceed as planned, the ministry said, Alaskan gas could begin supplying Taiwan as early as 2032.
A day earlier, on October 13, President Donald Trump told a rally in Wasilla, Alaska, that Taiwan had agreed to buy 30 percent of the Alaska LNG project's output over 20 years and to invest $4.4 billion; Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, speaking at the same rally, also said Taiwan had committed $4.4 billion to developing the pipeline. Asked about Trump's remarks on October 14, Taiwan Premier Cho Jung-tai said the government's responsibility was to stabilize the overall energy supply and build its resilience, according to Reuters.
The Alaska LNG project is designed to export up to about 20 million tonnes a year, so CPC's planned 6 million tonnes a year amounts to roughly 30 percent of design capacity, broadly matching the figure cited by Trump. GSM's earlier report, published before Taipei's formal response, noted that the terms of the claimed agreement were unclear and that Taiwan had not publicly responded; the ministry's October 14 statement is Taipei's first formal comment on the matter. The statement did not say that a binding final contract has been signed, and stressed that follow-up matters remain subject to negotiation and contracting procedures. (Compiled from Reuters reporting and the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs statement)
图片来源：图：液化天然气运输船夜间靠泊港口（资料图）。摄影：Kees Torn，CC BY-SA 2.0，来源：Wikimedia Commons
