中國石化新聞網訊 據今日油價12月17日消息稱，美國能源情報署(EIA)周三表示，受全球天然氣需求和價格回升以及美國以外LNG出口設施意外中斷的影響，美國11月液化天然氣(LNG)出口達到歷史最高水平。
根據EIA的估計，2020年11月，美國LNG日出口量總計為94億立方英尺(Bcf/d)，超過了2020年1月創下的81億立方英尺/天的出口紀錄。
EIA稱，上月美國LNG出口佔液化天然氣出口產能利用率峰值的93%。
在今年春季和夏季的大部分時間裡，美國LNG出口量都很低，由於全球各地的封鎖導致需求低迷，美國LNG出口量在夏季甚至達到了26個月以來的最低水平。
今年早些時候，由於疫情影響，世界各地對天然氣的需求暴跌，許多買家紛紛取消美國LNG貨物，在經歷了一個溫和的冬天並且疫情摧毀了先前預期的大量需求之後，從歐洲到亞洲的天然氣儲備非常充足。
7月，美國LNG出口較1月銳減50%以上，原因是亞洲至歐洲的天然氣價格處於歷史低位，且疫情導致需求下降。2020年6月、7月和8月，美國LNG出口產能利用率不足50%。
美國EIA表示，自夏季以來，美國LNG出口穩步增長，並在11月達到創紀錄水平。
隨著需求復甦，亞洲和歐洲油價上漲，以及澳大利亞、卡達、挪威、馬來西亞、奈及利亞、千里達及托巴哥等國的出口設施意外中斷，促使美國近幾個月出口增加。EIA稱，颶風期間關閉的美國液化天然氣出口設施恢復，以及LNG總出口能力提高，是推動出口創下歷史新高的其他因素。
曹海斌 摘譯自 今日油價
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.