据世界天然气7月25日报道，今年上半年，荷兰Gate液化天然气吞吐量有所上升，原因是价格上涨提振了对欧洲的进口。

该设施位于荷兰鹿特丹港，2018年上半年的吞吐量为380万吨，比去年同期的196万吨高出93.9%。

该港口在其吞吐量报告中说，价格影响导致从美国和大西洋盆地进口的天然气增加。

亚洲和欧洲之间的价格差别很小。该港口表示，考虑到运输成本，因此向亚洲出口液化天然气的吸引力不如向欧洲出口，尤其是对大西洋盆地的市场参与者而言。

Gate接收站是欧洲最大的液化天然气接收站之一，由Gasunie和Vopak拥有。它由3个18万立方米的储气罐组成，年再气化能力为12亿立方米，相当于每年180艘左右的容量。

薛珂 编译自 世界天然气

原文如下：

GATE LNG terminal’s half-year throughput soars

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) throughput volumes at the Dutch Gate terminal have gone up in the first six months of the year as prices boosted imports into Europe.

The facility located in the Dutch port of Rotterdam recorded a throughput of 3.8 million tonnes in the first half of 2018, 93.9 percent above the 1.96 million tonnes in the corresponding period last year.

Price effects led to an increase in imports of gas from the United States and the Atlantic Basin, the port said in its throughput report.

The price difference between Asia and Europe is very small. Given the transport costs, exports of LNG to Asia are therefore less appealing than exports to Europe, particularly for market players in the Atlantic basin, the port said.

Gate terminal, owned by Gasunie and Vopak, is one of Europe’s largest LNG terminals. It consists of three 180,000-cbm storage tanks and has an annual regasification capacity of 12 Bcm – equal to around 180 cargoes per year.