美国今年将成为世界最大液化天然气出口国

据今日油价网4月20日报道，在美国成为天然气年度净出口国五年后，该国的天然气出口通过管道和液化天然气(LNG)都实现了跨越式增长。

美国能源信息署(EIA)预测，美国今年将超过澳大利亚和卡塔尔，成为世界上最大的液化天然气出口国，液化天然气出口继续引领美国天然气出口的增长，2022年美国平均每天的出口量为122亿立方英尺。美国目前在天然气出口方面位居世界第二。

根据EIA的数据，美国LNG年出口量将在2022年增加24亿立方英尺/天，在2023年增加5亿立方英尺/天。能源监管机构预测，由于对墨西哥的出口增加，通过管道向墨西哥和加拿大的天然气出口将略有增加，到2022年将增加3亿立方英尺/天，到2023年将增加4亿立方英尺/天。

2021年，美国LNG年出口量首次超过了管道天然气出口量。2021年液化天然气月出口量连续创新高，今年冬季平均为113亿立方英尺/天，比去年冬季高出22亿立方英尺/天。美国LNG出口量达到了119亿立方英尺/天的新高。在2022年3月，欧盟越来越多地把目光投向美国。但如果没有Sabine Pass 6号生产线的增加以及Sabine Pass和Corpus Christi液化天然气出口终端的产能扩张，使得该国的液化天然气出口能力在2021年增加，这一切都是不可能的。

这种趋势将持续下去。

一旦新的Calcasieu Pass液化天然气出口设施在2022年底投入使用，美国将成为世界上液化天然气出口能力最大的国家。EIA预测，亚洲和欧洲相对较高的液化天然气需求将支持美国液化天然气的持续出口。

但增长迅猛的不只是液化天然气。随着墨西哥继续扩大其国内管道网络，美国管道出口在2021年也有所增加。

季廷伟 摘译自 今日油价网

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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.