据LNG World News网站8月2日消息,日本能源经济研究所表示,作为全球最大的液化天然气买家,随着日本多个核反应堆的重新上线,其液化天然气进口量在2017-2018年财年将显著下滑。
自2011年3月发生的地震和海啸致使日本关闭核工业以来,该国的液化天然气进口量一直在急剧上升,以取代核能发电的损失。
然而,在2015年,日本核反应堆开始重新启动,诣在减轻该国对液化天然气的依赖。
日本官方智库在上周公布的一份报告中表示,该国LNG进口量预计将从今年4月1日起开始下滑,全年进口量或下滑3.1%至8100万吨。此外,该组织补充表示,2018年日本LNG进口量或将进一步下降2.3%,达到8030万吨。
章盈盈 摘译自 LNG World News网站
原文如下:
Japan’s LNG imports to drop in the next 2 years, IEEJ says
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports into Japan, the world’s largest buyer of the fuel, are expected to decline in fiscal 2017 and 2018 as more nuclear reactors come back online, according to the Institute of Energy Economics Japan.
Since the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 which caused Japan to shut down its nuclear industry, the country’s LNG imports have been surging to replace the loss of nuclear power generation.
However, in 2015, nuclear reactors began to restart easing Japan’s dependence on the chilled fuel.
Japan’s LNG imports are expected to decline 3.1 percent to 82.1 million tonnes in fiscal 2017 that started on April 1, the government-associated think tank said in a report released last week. The country’s LNG imports are set to further decline by 2.3 percent to 80.3 million tonnes in fiscal 2018, it said.