Ka Huri te Arotahi o te EU ki te US LNG i te mea ka Heke te Hokonga Hau o Rūhia

I ngā tau tata nei, kua mahi te Kotahitanga o Ūropi ki te whakarahi ake i ōna pūtake pūngao me te whakaiti i tōna whakawhirinaki ki te hau o Rūhia. Nā ētahi āhuatanga i ārahi tēnei panoni rautaki, tae atu ki ngā āwangawanga mō ngā taupatupatu whenua me te hiahia ki te whakaiti i ngā tukunga waro. Hei wāhanga o tēnei mahi, kei te huri haere te EU ki te Hononga o Amerika mō te hau māori wai (LNG).

Kua tere te tipu o te whakamahinga o te LNG i ngā tau tata nei, nā te mea kua māmā ake, kua iti ake hoki te utu o te kawe hau i ngā tawhiti tawhiti nā te whanaketanga o te hangarau. Ko te LNG he hau māori kua whakamataohia ki te āhua wai, ka whakaitihia tōna rahinga mā te 600 tau. Mā tēnei ka māmā ake te kawe me te penapena, nā te mea ka taea te tuku i roto i ngā tāke nui me te penapena i roto i ngā tāke iti.

Ko tētahi o ngā painga matua o te LNG ko te taea te tiki mai i ngā wāhi maha. He rerekē ki te hau o ngā paipa tuku iho, he mea herea e te whenua, ka taea te whakaputa LNG ki ngā wāhi katoa me te tuku ki ngā wāhi katoa he tauranga. Nā tēnei he kōwhiringa pai mō ngā whenua e hiahia ana ki te whakanui ake i ā rātou tuku pūngao.

Ki te Kotahitanga o Ūropi, he nui ngā pānga o te nekehanga ki te US LNG. I ngā wā o mua, ko Rūhia te kaiwhakarato hau maori nui rawa atu a te EU, e 40% o ngā kawemai katoa. Heoi, nā ngā āwangawanga mō te awe tōrangapū me te ōhanga o Rūhia i ārahi te maha o ngā whenua o te EU ki te rapu puna hau rerekē.

Kua puta ake te Hononga o Amerika hei kaitākaro matua i tēnei mākete, nā te nui o āna taonga hau māori me tōna kaha kaweake LNG e tipu haere ana. I te tau 2020, ko te US te tuatoru o ngā kaiwhakarato LNG nui rawa atu ki te EU, i muri i a Qatar me Rūhia anake. Heoi, e matapaetia ana ka rerekē tēnei i ngā tau e haere ake nei i te mea kei te tipu haere tonu ngā kaweake a te US.

Ko tētahi o ngā tino take o tēnei tipu ko te otinga o ngā whare kaweake LNG hou ki te US. I ngā tau tata nei, kua tīmata mai ētahi whare hou, tae atu ki te tauranga Sabine Pass i Louisiana me te tauranga Cove Point i Maryland. Nā ēnei whare i tino whakapiki ake te kaha kaweake o te US, ā, kua māmā ake te hoko LNG mā ngā kamupene o Amerika ki ngā mākete o tāwāhi. 

Ko tētahi atu āhuatanga e akiaki ana i te nekehanga ki te US LNG ko te pikinga ake o te whakataetae o ngā utu hau o Amerika. Nā ngā whanaketanga o te hangarau keri, kua piki ake te hanga hau māori i te US i ngā tau tata nei, e whakaheke ana i ngā utu, ā, e pai ake ai te kukume o te hau o Amerika ki ngā kaihoko o tāwāhi. Nō reira, he maha ngā whenua o te EU e tahuri ana ki te US LNG hei huarahi ki te whakaiti i tō rātou whakawhirinaki ki te hau o Rūhia, me te whakarite hoki i tētahi puna pono o te pūngao utu tika.

I te nuinga o te wā, ko te nekehanga ki te US LNG he tohu i tētahi panonitanga nui i roto i te mākete pūngao o te ao. I te mea ka nui haere ngā whenua e tahuri ana ki te LNG hei huarahi ki te whakanui ake i ā rātou puna pūngao, tera pea ka piki haere tonu te hiahia mō tēnei wahie. He pānga nui tēnei ki ngā kaihanga me ngā kaihoko o te hau māori, tae atu ki te ōhanga whānui o te ao.

Hei whakamutunga, ahakoa kei te heke haere te whakawhirinaki o te Kotahitanga o Ūropi ki te hau o Rūhia, kei te kaha tonu te hiahia mō te pūngao pono me te utu tika. Mā te tahuri ki te US LNG, kei te mahi te EU i tētahi taahiraa nui ki te whakanui ake i ana tuku pūngao me te whakarite kia whai wāhi atu ki tētahi puna wahie pono mō ngā tau e haere ake nei.