???? 據今日油價網站2月18日消息 美國能源信息署（EIA）周四表示，2022年美國出口的液化天然氣將超過美國每年通過管道出口的天然氣總量。

????在去年年底從全球能源需求暴跌和天然氣價格低迷的新冠疫情復蘇之后，液化天然氣出口今年將保持強勁勢頭。

????EIA預計，2021年和明年的液化天然氣平均出口量分別為85億立方英尺/日和92億立方英尺/日，而2021年和2022年的平均管道總出口量分別為88億立方英尺/日和89億立方英尺/日。EIA稱，2021年第一季度和第四季度，液化天然氣出口量將高于管道天然氣出口量，2022年的年出口量也將高于管道天然氣出口量。

????在去年春夏的大部分時間里，美國的液化天然氣出口量都較低，由于全球各地需求低迷，液化天然氣出口量甚至創下了26個月來的最低水平。當全球對天然氣的需求因新冠疫情而大幅下降時，買家開始取消美國液化天然氣的貨物裝載，因為從歐洲到亞洲儲存的天然氣在經歷了一個溫和的冬季之后非常充裕，加之冠狀病毒摧毀了許多先前預期的需求。

????王磊 摘譯自 今日油價

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????U.S. LNG Exports Set To Exceed Pipeline Gas Exports Next Year

????Exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) out of the United States are set to exceed America’s gross natural gas exports via pipeline on an annual basis in 2022, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Thursday.

????LNG exports are set to remain strong this year, after recovering at the end of last year from the pandemic-inflicted slump in global energy demand and depressed gas prices.

????EIA expects LNG exports to average 8.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2021 and 9.2 Bcf/d next year, compared with expectations of average gross pipeline exports of 8.8 Bcf/d in 2021 and 8.9 Bcf/d in 2022. LNG exports are set to be higher than natural gas exports by pipeline in the first and fourth quarters of 2021 and on an annual basis in 2022, the EIA said.

????For most of the spring and summer of last year, American LNG exports were low, and they even hit their lowest volume in 26 months during the summer due to depressed demand with lockdowns all over the world. When demand for natural gas across the world plunged due to the pandemic, buyers began to cancel cargo loadings of U.S. LNG, as gas in storage from Europe to Asia was abundant after a milder winter and the coronavirus that wiped out a lot of previously expected demand.