中国石化新闻网讯 据WENews.com网站7月20日休斯顿报道,由于韩国公用事业公司因大量核电厂投入使用对液化天然气(LNG)的需求将逐渐消退,韩国下半年这种燃烧清洁燃料的进口量将从上半年的创纪录水平回落。
根据韩国海关在7月中旬公布的统计数据,由于韩国24个核电厂中近一半核电厂被关闭进行维修,在电力公司强劲需求的推动下,韩国今年年前六个月的LNG进口量达到了创纪录的2270万吨,同比增长了近16%。
但业内分析师表示,由于预计今年剩余时间里平均只有6个核电厂将停产检修,全球第三大LNG进口国韩国下半年的LNG进口量可能会下降。
韩国三星证券分析师Yang Ji-hae表示:“由于核电厂开工率将增加,韩国下半年的LNG需求量不会像上半年那样强劲。”
李峻 编译自 WENews.com
原文如下:
S.Korea LNG Imports Set to Ease from Record
South Korean imports of liquefied natural gas are set to ease from record levels racked up in the first-half of the year, with appetite for the fuel from utilities seen fading as a raft of nuclear power stations come back online.
The country's imports of the commodity jumped nearly 16 percent year-on-year to a record 22.7 million tonnes in the first six months of 2018, according to customs data in mid-July, boosted by demand from power firms as around half the nation's 24 nuclear plants were shut for maintenance.
But with an average of only six reactors expected to be offline over the rest of the year, analysts say shipments of LNG into the world's No.3 importer of the fuel are likely to decline.
"(LNG) demand in the second-half won't be as strong as in the first-half because nuclear run rates will rise," said Yang Ji-hae, an analyst at Samsung Securities.