去年美国天然气价格降至数十年来最低

中国石化新闻网讯 据天然气加工网站1月7日消息 2020年，路易斯安那州国家基准亨利中心的天然气现货价格平均为2.05美元/每百万英热单位，为数十年来最低的年平均价格。今年初的价格相对较低，因为温和的冬季天气导致对空间供暖的天然气需求减少。由于疫情引起的经济影响减少了天然气的生产和消费，价格处于低位。

从2020年3月份开始，春季天气和对疫情的反应压低了天然气需求，进一步降低了价格。亨利中心2020年6月份的平均价格为1.66美元/每百万英热单位，为几十年来的最低月价格。由于天然气产量下降和液化天然气出口增加，下半年价格上涨。

美国居民、商业和工业用户的天然气消费量下降。相比之下，根据美国能源信息署截至2020年10月的月度数据以及11月和12月的估计，用于发电的天然气使用量有所上升。

吴恒磊 编译自 天然气加工

原文如下：

In 2020, U.S. natural gas prices were the lowest in decades

In 2020, natural gas spot prices at the national benchmark Henry Hub in Louisiana averaged $2.05 per million British thermal units (MMBtu), the lowest annual average price in decades. Prices started the year relatively low because mild winter weather led to less natural gas demand for space heating. Prices remained low as economic effects induced by the COVID-19 pandemic reduced both natural gas production and consumption.

Beginning in March, spring weather and responses to COVID-19 drove down natural gas demand, further lowering prices. The Henry Hub price averaged $1.66/MMBtu in June, the lowest monthly price in decades. Prices increased in the second half of the year because of lower natural gas production and an increase in LNG exports.

Consumption of natural gas in the United States decreased among residential, commercial, and industrial users. In contrast, natural gas use for electric power generation rose, based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) monthly data through October 2020 and estimates for November and December.