据天然气加工&液化天然气2020年9 月9日报道，美国能源信息署(EIA)日前在其最新一期的短期能源展望(STEO)报告中表示，由于新冠肺炎疫情导致的封锁降低了经济活动和能源价格，今年美国天然气产量和需求量将从去年的创纪录高位下滑。
EIA预计，美国今年和明年的干气日产量将从去年创最高纪录的922.1亿立方英尺分别下降到 898.8亿立方英尺和865.9亿立方英尺。
EIA还预计，美国今年和明年天然气日消费量将从去年创纪录的849.7亿立方英尺分别降至826.8 亿立方英尺和791.4 亿立方英尺。
这将是美国自2017年以来天然气消费量首次出现年度下降，也是自2006年以来天然气需求量首次连续两年下降。
EIA预计，今年美国LNG日出口量将达到62.7亿立方英尺，2021年将达到87.3亿立方英尺，均高于去年创下的49.8亿立方英尺的最高纪录，也高于8月份预测的今年55.4亿立方英尺和明年72.8亿立方英尺。
李峻 编译自 Gas Processing & LNG
原文如下：
U.S. natgas output, demand to fall in 2020 from peaks due to coronavirus
U.S. natural gas production and demand will drop in 2020 from record highs last year as coronavirus lockdowns cut economic activity and energy prices, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its Short Term Energy Outlook (STEO).
The EIA projected dry gas production will drop to 89.88 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) in 2020 and 86.59 bcfd in 2021 from the all-time high of 92.21 bcfd in 2019.
It also projected gas consumption would fall to 82.68 bcfd in 2020 and 79.14 bcfd in 2021, from a record 84.97 bcfd in 2019.
That would be the first annual decline in consumption since 2017 and the first time demand has fallen for two consecutive years since 2006.
The agency forecast U.S. liquefied natural gas exports would reach 6.27 bcfd in 2020 and 8.73 bcfd in 2021, up from a record 4.98 bcfd in 2019. That is higher than its August forecasts of 5.54 bcfd in 2020 and 7.28 bcfd in 2021.
