据全球能源新闻网2019年7月26日休斯顿报道，在美国上市的国际液化天然气（LNG）船船东及运营商希腊GasLog合作伙伴公司（GasLog）日前公布的最新统计数据显示，全球今年第二季度LNG需求量为8600万吨，而去年第二季度为740万吨，同比大幅增加了16%。

这家总部位于摩纳哥的公司援引一份Poten报告称，欧洲LNG进口量的增加(同比增加了110%)占了全球增加的大部分，而来自东北亚(日本、中国、韩国)的需求量同比持平。

天然气价格在今年第二季度处于多年来的低点，原因是东北亚主要LNG消费国的需求增加趋于平稳，加之库存增加和新供应的LNG压低了亚洲和欧洲的LNG 价格。

据伍德麦肯兹估计，今年全球LNG需求量估计为3.51亿吨，比去年增加370多万吨，增幅为12%。

Poten报告显示，今年第二季度，全球LNG供应总量为8700万吨，比去年第二季度增加了130万吨或17%，主要受到美国、澳大利亚和俄罗斯新LNG供应量增加的推动。

伍德麦肯兹估计，由于去年供应量增加继续提升产量以及美国和澳大利亚新项目的陆续投产，今年全球的LNG供应量将为3.65亿吨，或同比增加380万吨（12%）。

李峻 编译自 全球能源新闻

原文如下：

Global LNG Demand Up 16%: GasLog

Global liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand was 86 million tonnes (mt) in the second quarter, compared with 74 mt in the second quarter of 2018, an increase of 16%, said GasLog Partners, the international owner and operator of LNG carriers.

Monaco-headquartered company quoted a Poten report which says that higher European imports (up 110% year-on-year) accounted for most of the growth, while demand from Northeast Asia (Japan, China, South Korea) was flat year-on-year.

Natural gas prices were at multi-year lows in the second quarter of 2019 as the leveling off in demand growth from key LNG consumers in Northeast Asia coupled with elevated inventories and new LNG supply depressed LNG prices in Asia and Europe.

Global LNG demand for 2019 is estimated at 351 mt, an increase of over 37 mt, or 12%, over 2018, according to Wood Mackenzie.

Global LNG supply totaled 87 mt in the second quarter of 2019, an increase of 13 mt or 17% over the second quarter of 2018, principally driven by new supply additions in the U.S., Australia and Russia, according to Poten.

Wood Mackenzie estimates that 2019 supply will be 365 mt, or 38 mt (12%), higher year-on-year as 2018’s supply additions continue to ramp up production and new projects begin production in the U.S. and Australia.