据世界天然气7月26日消息，美国能源信息署(EIA)表示，由于全球市场对冷冻燃料的竞争，以及美国页岩气产量的增长，近年来通过苏伊士运河的液化天然气流量有所下降。

苏伊士运河和苏伊士-地中海管道（苏麦德输油管道）是波斯湾原油、石油产品和液化天然气运往欧洲和北美的战略航线。

苏伊士运河位于埃及，连接红海和地中海，大量能源商品的流经使它成为一个关键峡口。

峡口是广泛使用的全球海上航线的狭窄通道，对全球能源安全至关重要。

根据EIA的数据，2017年流经苏伊士运河和苏麦德管道的石油总量约占海上石油贸易总量的9%，而通过这两条路线的液化天然气流量约占全球液化天然气贸易量的8%。

近年来，通过苏伊士运河的液化天然气总流量有所下降。向北运输的液化天然气中，约98%来自卡塔尔，主要销往欧洲市场。

EIA表示，尽管卡塔尔仍是通过该运河出口液化天然气的主要出口国，但近年来，它已将更多的货物转移到亚洲。

通过苏伊士运河的液化天然气运输量的变化也反映了美国页岩气产量和液化天然气出口的增长，一些欧洲国家液化天然气需求的下降，以及全球市场（尤其是亚洲）对液化天然气的竞争。

裘寅 编译自 世界天然气

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EIA: LNG shipments through Suez Canal decline in recent years

The flow of LNG through the Suez Canal has declined over recent years due to competition for the chilled fuel in the global market as well as growth in the U.S. shale gas production, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said.

The Suez Canal and the Suez-Mediterranean pipeline (Sumed) are strategic routes for Persian Gulf crude oil, petroleum products, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments to Europe and North America.

Located in Egypt, the Suez Canal connects the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea, and it is a critical chokepoint because of the large volumes of energy commodities that flow through it.

Chokepoints are narrow channels along widely used global sea routes that are critical to global energy security.

According to EIA, total oil flows through the Suez Canal and the Sumed pipeline accounted for about 9 percent of total seaborne traded petroleum in 2017, and LNG flows through the two accounted for about 8 percent of global LNG trade.

Overall LNG flows through the Suez Canal have declined in recent years. Some 98 percent of the northbound LNG transit is from Qatar and mainly destined for European markets.

Although Qatar remains a key exporter of LNG through the canal, it has been diverting more cargoes to Asia in recent years, EIA said.

Changes in LNG traffic through the Suez Canal also reflect the growth in U.S. shale gas production and LNG exports, falling LNG demand in some European countries, and competition for LNG in the global market, especially in Asia.