全球主要消費國正在使用更多的天然氣，而今年的天然氣產量與去年的產量水平相比持平  

最近幾個月來，由于液化天然氣出口的增加，美國的天然氣產量一直在上升

據美國油價網8月17日報道，總部設在利雅得的聯合石油數據庫（JODI）周三發布的最新數據顯示，6月份全球主要消費國的天然氣需求量為一年前水平的104%，但天然氣產量與去年水平持平。  

最近幾個月來，由于液化天然氣（LNG）出口的增加，美國天然氣產量一直在上升。  

與此同時，歐盟和英國6月份的天然氣消費量降至5年來的季節性低點。6月份的LNG進口量比去年同期增加50%。

美國能源信息署（EIA）7月份曾表示，歐洲的高需求、天然氣價格高企以及出口能力的增加，使美國在今年上半年成為世界上最大的LNG出口國。美國正在向歐洲運送創紀錄數量的LNG，以幫助歐盟盟友在冬季到來前填滿天然氣儲備。

6月份歐盟和英國的天然氣庫存增加90億立方米，略低于季節性平均的110億立方米，天然氣庫存到6月底已達到57%。

根據歐洲天然氣基礎設施公布的數據，截至8月16日，歐盟天然氣庫存已滿75%。德國是歐洲最大的經濟體，但其天然氣庫存達77%。

由于歐洲尋求取代產能大國的管道天然氣，6月份全球LNG出口比去年同期增長17%。

JODI數據還顯示，6月份全球天然氣庫存總量增加285億立方米，但仍比5年平均水平低161億立方米。 

李峻 編譯自 美國油價網

原文如下：

Natural Gas Demand Outpaces Production

·     Major consuming nations are using more natural gas while production in 2022 remained flat compared to 2021 levels.

·     U.S. natural gas production has been rising in recent months alongside LNG exports.

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Natural gas demand in major consuming countries stood in June at 104 percent of year-ago levels, but production was flat compared to 2021 levels, new data from the Joint Organisations Data Initiative (JODI) showed on Wednesday.

While U.S. natural gas production has been rising in recent months alongside LNG exports.

At the same time, consumption in the European Union and the UK slumped to a five-year seasonal low in June. LNG imports soared by 50 percent compared to June last year.

High demand in Europe, high natural gas prices, and increased export capacity made the United States the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas in the first half of 2022, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said last month. The United States is shipping record volumes of LNG to Europe to help EU allies in their efforts to fill gas storage ahead of the winter.

The European Union and the UK inventories increased by 9 bcm – slightly less than the seasonal average build of 11 bcm – to stand 57 percent full at the end of June.

According to data from Gas Infrastructure Europe, as of August 16, EU gas storage was 75 percent full. Storage sites in Germany, Europe’s biggest economy which is the most affected, were full at 77 percent.

As Europe looks to replace the largerproducer's pipeline gas, global LNG exports increased by 17 percent in June compared to the same month of 2021.

Total gas inventories increased by 28.5 bcm and stood 16.1 bcm below the five-year average, the JODI data showed.