中国石化新闻网讯 据道琼斯伦敦2月27日消息,壳牌公司周一表示,2017年全球液化天然气(LNG)需求高于预期。
壳牌公司在其发布的第二份年度LNG市场展望报告中称,2017年全球LNG市场需求增加2900万吨达到2.93亿吨,主要受到亚洲需求强劲的刺激。
壳牌综合天然气和新能源业务主管Maarten Wetselaar表示:“2017年亚洲LNG需求就增加了1700万吨,接近于全球第五大LNG出口国印度尼西亚当年的产量。”
2017年日本仍然是全球最大的LNG进口国,而中国超越韩国成为全球第二大LNG进口国。
壳牌预测如果近期没有新的生产项目获得批准,那么到2020年代中期,全球LNG市场将出现供应短缺。
张春晓 摘译自 道琼斯
原文如下:
Royal Dutch Shell Says LNG Demand Beat Expectations in 2017
Global demand for liquefied natural gas grew ahead of expectations in 2017, Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA.LN) said Monday.
The British-Dutch oil giant said in its second annual LNG outlook that the global LNG market grew by 29 million metric tons last year, to 293 million tons, boosted by strong demand in Asia.
"In Asia alone, demand rose by 17 million tons. That's nearly as much as Indonesia, the world's fifth-largest LNG exporter, produced in 2017," Maarten Wetselaar, Shell's director for integrated gas and new energies, said.
Japan continued to be the world's largest importer of LNG in 2017, while China surpassed South Korea to become the second biggest importer.
Shell said it predicts supply shortages for LNG by the mid-2020s if new production projects are not agreed in the near future.