据WEnews网站8月11日休斯敦报道,美国能源信息署(EIA)的最新短期能源展望报告预计美国今年将出口比进口更多的天然气。
在过去四个月里,美国有三个月一直是一个天然气净出口国,预计在今年剩余时间和2018年期间,美国将继续出口比进口更多的天然气。
由于美国对墨西哥的天然气出口不断增长,从加拿大进口的管道天然气不断减少以及液化天然气(LNG)的出口量不断增加,预计美国作为天然气净出口国的地位将会持续到2018年。
美国目前是世界上最大的天然气生产国,其天然气产量早在2009年就超过了俄罗斯。美国的天然气产量已从2008年的550亿立方英尺/天增加到了2016年的725亿立方英尺/天。
由于美国出口墨西哥的管道天然气在2019年前有望增加近一倍,EIA预计美国的天然气出口将增加,但出口量仍将远远低于可获得的管道输气能力。
李峻 编译自 WENews.com
原文如下:
US LNG Exports to Increase: EIA
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)'s latest Short-Term Energy Outlook projects that the United States will export more natural gas than it imports in 2017.
The U.S. has been a net exporter for three of the past four months and is expected to continue to export more natural gas than it imports for the rest of 2017 and throughout 2018.
The nation’ status as a net exporter is expected to continue past 2018 because of growing U.S. natural gas exports to Mexico, declining pipeline imports from Canada, and increasing exports of liquefied natural gas (LNGLF) (LNG).
The U.S. is currently the world's largest natural gas producer, having surpassed Russia in 2009. Natural gas production in the U.S. increased from 55 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2008 to 72.5 Bcf/d in 2016.
With a near doubling of U.S. export pipeline capacity to Mexico by 2019, EIA expects U.S. natural gas exports to increase, though they should remain well below the available pipeline capacity.