据天然气新闻2020年8月14日伦敦报道,根据俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司(俄气/Gazprom)8月13日公布的第二季度报告数据分析,俄气第二季度的国际天然气销售量为449亿立方米,同比下降了17%。
这一降幅与第一季度相同,第一季度由于连续第二年的暖冬和强劲的库存,其国际天然气销售量也下降了17%。
这些数据也与俄气预测的今年天然气在海外(欧洲加上土耳其和中国,但不包括前苏联国家)的销售总量是166-167亿立方米一致,比去年199.3亿立方米的供应量减少17%。
俄气第二季度国际天然气销售量下滑的部分原因是受疫情大流行对需求的影响,该疫情在4月和5月引发了欧洲最严重的封锁和经济混乱。
此外,相比之下,俄气去年第二季度的国际天然气销售表现强劲,原因是在俄乌天然气转运协议到期前,人们担心天然气供应可能中断,从而推动了储存需求。
这两个因素可能都对一些国家出现的最大销量下滑起到了一定作用。统计数据显示,俄气第二季度在其最大海外市场德国的天然气销售量下降了28.2%或 33.2亿立方米,至84.7亿立方。
李峻 编译自 天然气新闻
原文如下:
Russia's Gazprom sees Q2 international gas sales slide 17% to 44.9 Bcm
Russia's Gazprom saw its international gas sales in the second quarter slide by 17% year on year to 44.9 Bcm, according to an analysis of data published late Aug. 13 in the company's Q2 report.
The drop was of the same magnitude as in Q1 when sales were also down by 17% on the back of a second consecutive mild winter and robust storage stocks.
The data are also in line with Gazprom's projections for gas sales in the Far Abroad (Europe plus Turkey and China, but minus the countries of the forr thmer Soviet Union) in 2020 as a whole of 166-167 Bcm, around 17% lowean supplies last year of 199.3 Bcm.
The fall in sales in Q2 was driven in part by the demand impact of the coronavirus pandemic, which triggered the most serious lockdowns and economic disruption across Europe in April and May.
In addition, Gazprom sales in Q2 last year were strong by comparison as a result of storage demand driven by fears of potential gas supply disruption ahead of the expiry of the Russia-Ukraine transit deal.
Both factors likely played a part in some of the biggest sales slumps in a number of countries.
Gazprom sales in its biggest market Germany fell by 28.2% -- or by 3.32 Bcm -- to just 8.47 Bcm in Q2, according to the data.