日本11月液化天然气进口量下滑

据世界天然气网站12月18日报道，日本11月份的液化天然气进口量略有下降。

根据日本财务省公布的临时数据，在审查期间，总共有627万吨冷冻燃料进口到日本，比去年同期的进口量减少了1.2%。

11月液化天然气进口额为30亿美元，较2018年11月的进口额下降18.4%。

数据显示，美国液化天然气进口量跃升155.3%，达到46.7万吨。与2018年同期相比，来自马来西亚、印度尼西亚、巴布亚新几内亚和文莱等亚洲国家的进口量下降了16.2%，达到129万吨。

与2018年同期相比，从中东进口的液化天然气减少了9.5%，达到1.25吨，而从俄罗斯进口的液化天然气增加了18.7%，达到58.8万吨。

该国用于发电的煤炭进口量为887万吨，比2018年同期下降12.4％。

李方征 编译自 世界天然气

原文如下：

Japan’s LNG imports slip in November

Japanese imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) slipped slightly in the month of November.

According to the provisional data released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance, a total of 6.27 million tons of the chilled fuel were imported into Japan during the month under review, 1.2 percent below the volumes imported in the corresponding month last year.

November LNG imports have been valued at $3 billion, 18.4 percent down on the value of LNG imports in November 2018.

The data shows that imports of US LNG jumped 155.3 percent, reaching 467,000 tonnes. Imports from Asian sources such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Bruneiedged slipped 16.2 percent compared to the corresponding month in 2018, reaching 1.29 million tonnes.

Imports of liquefied natural gas from the Middle East were 9.5 percent below the corresponding month in 2018 reaching 1.25, while LNG imports from Russia jumped 18.7 percent reaching 588,000 tonnes.

The country’s coal imports for power generation stood at 8.87 million tonnes, dropping 12.4 percent below the corresponding month in 2018.