美国今年天然气产量和消费量均将创历史新高

据委内瑞拉《石油世界》3月9日纽约报道，美国能源信息署（EIA）8日在其3月份短期能源展望报告中表示，美国今年天然气日产量预计将达到创历史新高的796.8亿立方英尺，但比上个月预测的796.9亿立方英尺略有下降。

根据EIA的报告，这个最新预测将超过去年791.3亿立方英尺/天的历史最高产量，它将是美国天然气产量连续第6年创下年度历史新高。

EIA在报告中还预测，由于美国电力部门天然气使用量不断增加的预期，美国今年的天然气日消费量将从2月份预测的764.4亿立方英尺增加到767.9亿立方英尺。这将超过去年753.8亿立方英尺的历史最高消费量并将是连续第7年创下年度历史新高。

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U.S. 2016 natgas production, consumption at record highs - EIA

NEW YORK

Petroleumworld.com 03 09 2016

U.S. natural gas production in 2016 was expected to reach a record high of 79.68 billion cubic feet per day, down a shade from the 79.69 bcfd forecast last month, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said on Tuesday

The forecast would top 2015's all-time peak production of 79.13 bcfd and would be the sixth consecutive annual record high for U.S. gas production, according to the EIA's Short Term Energy Outlook (STEO) in March.

The EIA also forecast U.S. gas consumption would edge up to 76.79 bcfd in 2016 versus the 76.44 bcfd it forecast in February, due to increasing expectations of gas use by the electric power sector.

That would top the 2015 record high for gas demand of 75.38 bcfd and would be the seventh annual record high in a row.