EIA：上半年美国液化天然气出口激增

据世界天然气网站10月29日消息 EIA天然气月度数据显示，从2019年1月至6月，美国天然气净出口量平均为41亿立方英尺/日，是2018年平均净出口量（20亿立方英尺/日）的两倍多。

美国在2017年（近60年来首次）成为天然气净出口国。

美国通过管道向邻国加拿大和墨西哥出口天然气，并向其他几个国家出口液化天然气。

EIA指出，最近总出口的增长很大程度上是由于更多的液化天然气设施投入使用。截至2019年上半年，美国液化天然气出口总额较2018年同期增长37%。截至2019年6月，美国四个设施和9条液化生产线的液化天然气总出口能力为54亿立方英尺/日。

王磊 摘译自 世界天然气

原文如下：

EIA: LNG exports jump boost U.S. half-year figures

From January through June of 2019, U.S. net natural gas exports averaged 4.1 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), more than double the average net exports in 2018 (2.0 Bcf/d), according to data in the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Natural Gas Monthly.

The United States became a net natural gas exporter on an annual basis in 2017 for the first time in almost 60 years.

The United States exports natural gas by pipeline to neighboring Canada and Mexico and exports liquefied natural gas (LNG) to several other countries.

Much of the recent increase in total exports is a result of more LNG facilities coming online, EIA noted. Total U.S. exports of LNG through the first half of 2019 were 37 percent higher compared with the same period in 2018. Total U.S. LNG export capacity as of June 2019 was 5.4 Bcf/d across four facilities and nine liquefaction trains.