去年欧盟LNG进口额高达162亿欧元

据世界天然气网4月9日消息 欧盟委员会最新的天然气市场报告显示，欧盟成员国去年共进口了1080亿立方米液化天然气，支付了约162亿欧元。

受亚洲价格走低和需求减弱的推动，去年液化天然气进口量较2018年增加了创纪录的480亿立方米，增幅达75%。

这是有史以来液化天然气进口量最高的一次，占欧盟天然气进口总量的27%，超过了2011年的峰值30%以上。

欧盟委员会在报告中表示，液化天然气首次在欧盟以外的天然气进口来源中排名第二。

由于平均价格下降，2019年全年的液化天然气进口账单略高于2018年的154亿欧元。

西班牙去年是欧盟最大的液化天然气进口国，进口量为224亿立方米，其次是法国（221亿立方米）和英国（180亿立方米）。

意大利去年进口了135亿立方米的液化天然气。荷兰和比利时进口了约86-88亿立方米的冷冻燃料。

供应商方面，卡塔尔液化天然气产量占欧盟液化天然气进口总量的28%，其次是俄罗斯（20%）和美国（16%）。

除2019年11月和12月外，尽管欧盟从美国进口的液化天然气有所增加，但俄罗斯出口的液化天然气更多。2019年，俄罗斯每月向欧盟提供的液化天然气数量都超过美国。

报告称，这意味着俄罗斯努力保持其在欧洲天然气市场的影响力，用不断增长的液化天然气供应补充管道业务。

吴恒磊 编译自 世界天然气

原文如下：

EU LNG import bill hits 16.2 billion euros

The European Union member states paid about 16.2 billion euros for the 108 billion cubic meters of liquefied natural gas they imported last year, according to the Commission’s latest gas market report.

Last year’s LNG imports increased by a record 48 billion cubic meters or by 75 per cent when compared to 2018, boosted by lower prices and weaker demand in Asia.

This is the highest LNG import volume of all times representing 27 percent in the total EU natural gas imports and surpassing the previous peak in 2011 by more than 30 percent.

For the first time, LNG came to the second place in extra-EU gas import sources, the European Commission said in the report.

The LNG import bill for the full year of 2019 was slightly up from 15.4 billion euros in 2018 as average prices dropped.

Spain was the biggest LNG importer in the EU last year with 22.4 billion cubic metres, followed by France with 22.1 billion cubic metres, and the UK with 18 billion cubic metres.

Italy imported 13.5 billion cubic metres of LNG last year while the Netherlands and Belgium imported about 8.6-8.8 billion cubic metres of the chilled fuel, the report said.

On the supplier side, Qatari LNG volumes accounted for 28 percent of the EU total LNG imports, followed by Russia with 20 per cent, and the United States with 16 per cent.

With the exception of November and December 2019, in spite of increasing EU LNG imports from the US, Russia exported more LNG to the EU than the US in each month in 2019.

The report says this implies that Russia made efforts to maintain its influence on the European gas market, complementing the pipeline business with growing LNG supply.