亚洲LNG现货价格继续下跌

据天然气工业4月20日消息，据路透社报道，由于疫情造成的进一步破坏，亚洲液化天然气现货价格再次下跌。

最近几周，影响亚洲液化天然气现货价格的主要因素(疫情有关)受到干扰，需求受到抑制。事实上，液化天然气买家现在越来越希望推迟交货。全球液化天然气和天然气库存在疫情爆发前就已经很高，这一事实对原本就面临挑战的情况来说无疑是雪上加霜。

一位路透社的交易消息人士对此表示:“疫情让情况变得更糟。由于普通买家的购买量低，市场行情下跌。”

6月份向东北亚交付的最新LNG现货平均价格约为2.3美元/百万英热单位。这比上周公布的预估低了0.2美元/百万英热单位，据报道几乎是2019年6月交付货物价格的一半。

裘寅 编译自 天然气工业

原文如下：

Asian LNG spot prices decline due to coronavirus disruption

Reuters is reporting that Asian LNG spot prices have declined once again due to further disruption caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

In recent weeks, the major factor influencing Asian LNG spot prices, related to the coronavirus pandemic, has been disrupted and dampened demand. Indeed, LNG buyers are now increasingly looking to push back cargo deliveries. These challenging circumstances have not been helped by the fact that global LNG and gas stocks were already high prior to the outbreak of the virus.

Speaking to this, one Reuters trading source said: “Coronavirus has made the bad much worse. The market is down due to low offtake by usual buyers.”

The latest average LNG spot price for a delivery to northeast Asia in June has been estimated at approximately US$2.30 per million Btu. This is US$0.20 per million Btu less than the previous estimate announced last week, and reportedly almost half the price recorded for cargoes delivered in June 2019.