-
歐洲天然氣價格跌至2021年以來最低水平
點擊次數(shù)：715 發(fā)表時間：2023-5-26
-
中國石化新聞網(wǎng)
需求疲軟和高庫存水平因素將歐洲天然氣價格推至2021年11月以來的最低水平
根據(jù)歐洲天然氣基礎設施公司公布的數(shù)據(jù)，到5月22日，歐盟的天然氣儲存點滿庫水平為66.22%
盡管歐洲的天然氣市場形勢看起來值得期待，但國際能源署(IEA)警告稱，歐洲大陸市場尚未擺脫困境
中國石化新聞網(wǎng)訊 據(jù)油價網(wǎng)2023年5月24日報道，歐洲基準天然氣價格周三繼續(xù)下跌，延續(xù)了數(shù)周的跌勢，原因是春季需求疲軟，今年年初冬季結束后天然氣庫存量高于正常水平。
周三格林尼治標準時間上午10時33分，歐洲天然氣交易基準TTF中心的即月期貨價格下跌1.5%，至每兆瓦時30.84美元(28.68歐元)。
這是自2021年11月以來的最低天然氣價格，當時歐洲的能源危機在2021/2022年冬季之前開始，在地緣政治沖突和大部分管道天然氣供應缺乏導致價格飆升之后，歐洲能源危機在去年晚些時候達到頂峰。
目前，年度冬季供暖季結束，夏季需求尚未開始，歐洲的天然氣需求疲軟。去年秋冬兩季經(jīng)歷了非常艱難時期的工業(yè)天然氣消費也很疲軟。
另一方面，歐盟的天然氣庫存仍處于相當高的水平。根據(jù)歐洲天然氣基礎設施公司公布的數(shù)據(jù)，到5月22日，歐盟的天然氣儲存地點已滿66.22%。目前歐盟的天然氣庫存量是至少10年來的最高水平。
夏季前的高天然氣庫存量和疲軟的需求表明，歐洲能源危機最糟糕的時期可能已經(jīng)過去。
然而，分析人士和官員警告說，歐盟不應該在下一個冬季到來之前對市場形勢過于樂觀。
國際能源署(IEA)署長法提赫·比羅爾近日接受CNBC采訪時表示，盡管今年歐洲天然氣價格暴跌，但歐洲大陸“尚未走出困境”，因為有三個原因可能會在今年晚些時候加劇歐洲能源危機。
李峻 編譯自 油價網(wǎng)
原文如下：
European Natural Gas Prices Drop To The Lowest Level Since 2021
· A combination of weak demand and high storage levels have pushed European natural gas prices to their lowest level since November 2021.
· As of May 22, natural gas storage sites in the EU were 66.22% full, according to data from Gas Infrastructure Europe.
· While Europe’s natural gas situation is looking promising, the IEA has warned that the continent is not out of the woods yet.
Benchmark natural gas prices in Europe continued to fall on Wednesday, extending several weeks of losses amid weak demand in the spring and higher-than-normal inventories after the end of the winter.
The front-month futures at the TTF hub, the benchmark for Europe’s gas trading, fell by 1.5% to $30.84 (28.68 euros) per megawatt-hour (MWh) as of 10.33 a.m. GMT on Wednesday.
That’s the lowest price since November 2021, when the energy crisis in Europe started ahead of the 2021/2022 winter season, with the crisis reaching a peak later in 2022 after the war nd the lack of most of the pipeline gas supply sent prices soaring.
Currently, demand for natural gas in Europe is weak after the winter heating season ended and summer demand is yet to begin. Gas consumption from industry, which went through a very rough patch last autumn and winter, is also weak.
Inventories, on the other hand, are comfortably high for this time of the year. As of May 22, natural gas storage sites in the EU were 66.22% full, according to data from Gas Infrastructure Europe. The level of gas in storage is the highest for this time of the year in at least a decade.
High inventories ahead of the summer and weak demand suggest that the worst of the energy crisis in Europe could be behind us.
Yet, analysts and officials warn that the EU shouldn’t be complacent ahead of the next winter season.
Despite the slump in Europe’s gas prices this year, the continent is “not out of the woods” yet as three factors could worsen the European energy crisis later this year, Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), told CNBC this weekend.