据普氏能源资讯8月12日报道称，BP石油公司高管贾里德巴顿表示，随着一度形成定价基础的美国国内市场因素开始被全球市场因素所取代，天然气出口增长给美国生产商带来了新的风险。

BP能源公司营销副总裁巴顿在8月6日的一次行业会议上表示，曾经面临来自投资者要求增加产量的压力的美国天然气生产商现在面临着华尔街提高回报的要求——这一转变改变了资本配置的方式，甚至还引发了一些高管的辞职。出口市场的价格疲软以及美国化工和天然气发电用户的增长放缓使得一些生产商有理由重新考虑其扩张计划。

“生产商正在重新调整他们的工厂，试图通过他们的长期生产前景和相关的资本支出计划，”巴顿在洛杉矶举行的LDC天然气论坛上说。“在墨西哥、美国、乃至全球的某些地区，产能和基础设施问题仍然是个问题。”

巴顿表示，美国天然气曾是“欧洲大陆的大宗型商品”，但液化天然气和输往墨西哥的管道等出口机会的增加加大了天然气生产商的风险。

徐蕾 摘译自 普氏能源资讯

原文如下：

US natural gas producer price risk climbs with exports

Growth in exports of natural gas have added new risks for US producers as the domestic fundamentals that once formed the basis of pricing are starting to be displaced by global market factors, according to BP executive Jared Barton.

US gas producers, which once faced investor pressure to grow output, are now facing Wall Street demands to improve returns -- a turn of events that has changed the way capital is allocated and even brought about some executive resignations, Barton, vice president of marketing and origination at BP Energy, said August 6 at an industry conference. Price weakness in export markets and slower growth among the US chemical and power generation gas users have given some producers reason to rethink their expansion plans.

"Producers are retooling their shops, trying to work through their long-term production outlooks and plans with their associated capital spends," Barton said at the LDC Gas Forums Rockies & West gathering in Los Angeles. "Deliverability and infrastructure issues continue to be a problem in certain parts of the globe, certain parts of Mexico and certain parts of the US."

US natural gas was once a "continental commodity," Barton said, but export opportunities like LNG and pipelines to Mexico have raised risks for producers.