據(jù)今日油價(jià)網(wǎng)4月20日?qǐng)?bào)道，在美國(guó)成為天然氣年度凈出口國(guó)五年后，該國(guó)的天然氣出口通過(guò)管道和液化天然氣(LNG)都實(shí)現(xiàn)了跨越式增長(zhǎng)。

美國(guó)能源信息署(EIA)預(yù)測(cè)，美國(guó)今年將超過(guò)澳大利亞和卡塔爾，成為世界上最大的液化天然氣出口國(guó)，液化天然氣出口繼續(xù)引領(lǐng)美國(guó)天然氣出口的增長(zhǎng)，2022年美國(guó)平均每天的出口量為122億立方英尺。美國(guó)目前在天然氣出口方面位居世界第二。

根據(jù)EIA的數(shù)據(jù)，美國(guó)LNG年出口量將在2022年增加24億立方英尺/天，在2023年增加5億立方英尺/天。能源監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)預(yù)測(cè)，由于對(duì)墨西哥的出口增加，通過(guò)管道向墨西哥和加拿大的天然氣出口將略有增加，到2022年將增加3億立方英尺/天，到2023年將增加4億立方英尺/天。

2021年，美國(guó)LNG年出口量首次超過(guò)了管道天然氣出口量。2021年液化天然氣月出口量連續(xù)創(chuàng)新高，今年冬季平均為113億立方英尺/天，比去年冬季高出22億立方英尺/天。美國(guó)LNG出口量達(dá)到了119億立方英尺/天的新高。在2022年3月，歐盟越來(lái)越多地把目光投向美國(guó)。但如果沒(méi)有Sabine Pass 6號(hào)生產(chǎn)線的增加以及Sabine Pass和Corpus Christi液化天然氣出口終端的產(chǎn)能擴(kuò)張，使得該國(guó)的液化天然氣出口能力在2021年增加，這一切都是不可能的。

這種趨勢(shì)將持續(xù)下去。

一旦新的Calcasieu Pass液化天然氣出口設(shè)施在2022年底投入使用，美國(guó)將成為世界上液化天然氣出口能力最大的國(guó)家。EIA預(yù)測(cè)，亞洲和歐洲相對(duì)較高的液化天然氣需求將支持美國(guó)液化天然氣的持續(xù)出口。

但增長(zhǎng)迅猛的不只是液化天然氣。隨著墨西哥繼續(xù)擴(kuò)大其國(guó)內(nèi)管道網(wǎng)絡(luò)，美國(guó)管道出口在2021年也有所增加。

季廷偉 摘譯自 今日油價(jià)網(wǎng)

原文如下：

U.S. To Become World’s Top LNG Exporter This Year

Five years after the United States became a net exporter of natural gas on an annual basis, the country’s natural gas exports both by pipeline and as liquefied natural gas (LNG) have grown by leaps and bounds. 

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has forecast that the United States will surpass Australia and Qatar to become the world’s top LNG exporter this year, with LNG exports continuing to lead the growth in U.S. natural gas exports and average 12.2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2022.The United States currently ranks second in the world in natural gas exports, behind only Russia.

According to the EIA, annual U.S. LNG exports are set to increase by 2.4 Bcf/d in 2022 and 0.5 Bcf/d in 2023. The energy watchdog has forecast that natural gas exports by pipeline to Mexico and Canada will increase slightly, by 0.3 Bcf/d in 2022 and by 0.4 Bcf/d in 2023, thanks to more exports to Mexico. 

For the first time ever, U.S. LNG exports exceeded pipeline exports of natural gas on an annual basis in 2021. Monthly LNG exports continuously set new records in 2021, and averaged 11.3 Bcf/d this winter, a good 2.2 Bcf/d higher than last winter. U.S. LNG exports reached a new high of 11.9 Bcf/d. U.S. in March 2022, thanks to the EU turning increasingly looking to the United States. But all that would not have been possible without the country’s LNG export capacity increasing in 2021 with the addition of Sabine Pass Train 6 and capacity expansions at Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi LNG export terminals.

And this trend is set to continue.

The United States is set to become the country with the largest LNG export capacity in the world once the new Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility is placed in service by the end of 2022. The EIA has predicted that a relatively high LNG demand in Asia and Europe will support continued U.S. LNG exports.

But it’s not just LNG that’s seeing massive growth. The U.S. exports by pipeline also increased in 2021 as Mexico continued to expand its domestic pipeline network.