欧盟第一季度天然气需求下降5%至1308亿方

据天然气新闻2020年7月10日伦敦报道，欧盟委员会10日发布的最新季度市场报告显示，欧盟27个成员国今年第一季度天然气消耗量为1308亿立方米，同比下降了5%。

需求的下降逆转了前两个季度需求上升的趋势，欧盟前两个季度的天然气需求量同比增幅分别为7%和2%。

这份市场报告不包括今年1月底脱离欧盟的英国的绝对数据和同比数据。

欧盟委员会表示：“与季节平均水平相比，今年1月至3月，欧洲各地的天气普遍较暖，导致住宅区取暖所需天然气数量的减少。”

欧盟委员会表示，第一季度发电用天然气需求量下降了1.8%。报告称：“在第一季度最后几周里， COVID-19的封锁措施导致了工业天然气需求下降，从而加剧了发电部门天然气需求的下降。”

第一季度，包括罗马尼亚、拉脱维亚、芬兰和斯洛伐克在内的许多欧盟国家的天然气消耗量同比下降了20%以上。

但从绝对数字来看，第一季度天然气消耗量下降最多的国家是德国和意大利(均为17亿立方米)、罗马尼亚(13亿立方米)、法国(11亿立方米)、斯洛伐克(0.4亿立方米)、西班牙(0.3亿立方米)和芬兰(0.2亿立方米)。

实际上，有几个国家的天然气需求出现了增长，包括马耳他(虽然基数很小)、葡萄牙、匈牙利、克罗地亚和荷兰。

李峻 编译自 天然气新闻

原文如下：

EU gas demand down 5% on year in Q1 to 131 Bcm: EC

Gas consumption in the EU-27 dropped by 5% year on year in the first quarter to 130.8 Bcm, the latest quarterly market report published July 10 by the European Commission showed.

The fall in demand reverses the trend from the previous two quarters, which saw year-on-year gains of 7% and 2% respectively.

The market report excludes the UK -- which left the EU at the end of January -- in both absolute terms and for year-on-year comparisons.

"Weather across Europe was generally warmer in January-March 2020 compared to the seasonal average, resulting in less heating-related demand for gas in the residential sector," the EC said.

Gas demand for power generation was down 1.8% in Q1, it said. "The decrease in gas demand in the electricity generation sector was aggravated by the decreasing industrial demand induced by the COVID-19 lockdown measures in the last weeks of the quarter," it said.

Gas consumption in Q1 fell by more than 20% year on year in a number of EU countries, including Romania, Latvia, Finland and Slovakia.

But in absolute numbers, gas consumption in Q1 fell the most in Germany and Italy (both by 1.7 Bcm), Romania (1.3 Bcm), France (1.1 Bcm), Slovakia (0.4 Bcm), Spain (0.3 Bcm), and Finland (0.2 Bcm).

Gas demand actually rose in several countries, including Malta -- though from a very small base -- Portugal, Hungary, Croatia and the Netherlands.