美国液化天然气出口在11月创下历史新高

原标题：美国液化天然气出口在11月创下历史新高

    中国石化新闻网讯 据今日油价12月17日消息称，美国能源情报署(EIA)周三表示，受全球天然气需求和价格回升以及美国以外LNG出口设施意外中断的影响，美国11月液化天然气(LNG)出口达到历史最高水平。

    根据EIA的估计，2020年11月，美国LNG日出口量总计为94亿立方英尺(Bcf/d)，超过了2020年1月创下的81亿立方英尺/天的出口纪录。

    EIA称，上月美国LNG出口占液化天然气出口产能利用率峰值的93%。

    在今年春季和夏季的大部分时间里，美国LNG出口量都很低，由于全球各地的封锁导致需求低迷，美国LNG出口量在夏季甚至达到了26个月以来的最低水平。

    今年早些时候，由于疫情影响，世界各地对天然气的需求暴跌，许多买家纷纷取消美国LNG货物，在经历了一个温和的冬天并且疫情摧毁了先前预期的大量需求之后，从欧洲到亚洲的天然气储备非常充足。

    7月，美国LNG出口较1月锐减50%以上，原因是亚洲至欧洲的天然气价格处于历史低位，且疫情导致需求下降。2020年6月、7月和8月，美国LNG出口产能利用率不足50%。

    美国EIA表示，自夏季以来，美国LNG出口稳步增长，并在11月达到创纪录水平。

    随着需求复苏，亚洲和欧洲油价上涨，以及澳大利亚、卡塔尔、挪威、马来西亚、尼日利亚、特立尼达和多巴哥等国的出口设施意外中断，促使美国近几个月出口增加。EIA称，飓风期间关闭的美国液化天然气出口设施恢复，以及LNG总出口能力提高，是推动出口创下历史新高的其他因素。

    曹海斌 摘译自 今日油价

    原文如下：

    U.S. LNG Exports Hit Record High In November

    Exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) out of the United States hit an all-time high in November due to recovering global gas demand and prices and unplanned outages at LNG export facilities outside the U.S., the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Wednesday.

    According to EIA estimates, the U.S. exported a total of 9.4 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of LNG in November 2020, beating the previous record set in January 2020, when exports totaled 8.1 Bcf/d.

    The U.S. LNG exports last month accounted for 93 percent of peak LNG export capacity utilization, the EIA said.

    For most of the spring and summer of this year, American LNG exports were low, and they even hit their lowest volume in 26 months during the summer due to depressed demand with lockdowns all over the world.

    Earlier this year, when demand for natural gas across the world plunged due to the pandemic, buyers began to cancel cargo loadings of U.S. LNG, as gas in storage from Europe to Asia was abundant after a milder winter and the coronavirus that wiped out a lot of previously expected demand.

    In July, U.S. LNG exports crashed by more than 50 percent compared to January due to historically low natural gas prices from Asia to Europe and lower demand in the pandemic. U.S. LNG export capacity was utilized at less than 50 percent in June, July, and August 2020.

    American LNG exports have steadily grown since the summer, to reach a record in November, the EIA said today.

    Higher prices in Asia and Europe with recovering demand, as well as unplanned outages at export facilities in Australia, Qatar, Norway, Malaysia, Nigeria, and Trinidad and Tobago, contributed to higher U.S. exports in recent months. U.S. LNG export facilities returning from shut-downs during hurricanes and higher total LNG export capacity were the other factors helping exports hit a record high, the EIA said.