据世界石油网2019年9月3日休斯顿报道，最新统计数据显示，仅在3年前还微不足道的美国液化天然气(LNG)出口如今已占到全球市场的10%份额，美国今年迄今的LNG出口量达到了2200万吨，相当于美国去年的LNG总出口量。

这个由LNG运输船从供应源到目的地的全程跟踪组成的统计数据还显示，美国上个月LNG产量达到了创历史新高的3100万吨。

由于全球LNG产量的大幅增长，多年来一直是全球最大LNG供应国的卡塔尔所持有的市场份额被澳大利亚夺走。过去两个月，澳大利亚的LNG出口量超过了任何其他国家。

由于美国墨西哥湾沿岸的液化和出口设施经过多年的开发以后投产，加上俄罗斯在北极地区新建的大型终端和澳大利亚的设施投入生产，全球LNG供应的激增过程由来已久。

在过去两个月里，全球最大LNG出口国的传递次序是澳大利亚、卡塔尔、美国、俄罗斯和马来西亚，而在此前几年，尼日利亚和印度尼西亚也一直在争夺前5名的位置。

来自美国终端不断增加的供应品不仅通过提高产量和压低价格而且还通过与长期买家签订灵活的目的地合同颠覆了全球LNG市场。这些协议允许各国的货物价格随着价格和需求的变化而涨落。

李峻 编译自 世界石油

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U.S. LNG grabs 10% market share as Jan-Aug exports equal 2018 volumes

U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), negligible just three years ago, now amount to 10% of the global market and at 22 million tonnes so far this year are equal to the total volumes pumped out in 2018, data showed.

The data, comprised of tracked individual journeys made by LNG tankers from supply source to destination, also showed LNG production hit an all-time high last month of 31 million tonnes.

As global volumes grow, Qatar, for years the world's largest LNG supplier, lost market share to Australia, which exported more LNG than any other country in the past two months.

The supply surge has been long in the making as liquefaction and export facilities on the U.S. Gulf Coast come onstream after years of development, boosted also by a new mega-terminal in Russia's Arctic and facilities in Australia.

The batting order for the world's largest exporters has been Australia, Qatar, the United States, Russia and Malaysia for the past two months, whereas in previous years Nigeria and Indonesia vied for places in the top five.

Soaring supplies from U.S. LNG terminals have upended the global market not just by boosting volumes - and depressing prices - but also through flexible destination contracts with long-term buyers. Such deals allow countries' cargoes to ebb and flow as prices and demand dictate.