据道琼斯5月20日消息,凯投宏观表示,今年年底前美国天然气价格将攀升至4美元/百万英热单位,明年年底前将持续攀升至5美元/百万英热单位,主要是因为在页岩钻井减少和燃气发电厂增加的情况下供应吃紧以及需求攀升。此外,从2016年开始美国将向亚洲出口液化天然气,这将帮助削减美国国内过剩的天然气,进而帮助美国国内天然气价格维持上涨趋势。最近美国Henry-Hub天然气现货价格一直在3美元/百万英热单位左右。
唐绍红摘译自道琼斯
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U.S. Natural Gas to Keep Rising to $4/mmBtu by End 2015
[Dow Jones] U.S. natural gas prices will keep rising to reach $4 per million British thermal unit by the end of 2015 and $5/mmBtu by the end of 2016, says Capital Economics, citing tighter supply and rising demand amid a falling number of rigs in shale and the rising number of gas-fired power plants. Also, planned exports of liquefied natural gas to Asia starting in 2016 would help sustain U.S. domestic prices by cutting excessive supply at home. Henry-Hub prices, a U.S. benchmark, have recently been around $3/mmBtu.