2020年第一季度欧盟天然气消耗量下降5%

据能源新闻7月14日消息称，欧盟委员会（EC）的最新数据显示，欧盟的天然气消耗量在2020年第一季度下降到1310亿立方米。

据Kallanish Energy报道，欧盟在周五发布的欧洲天然气市场季度报告中称，由于气候变暖以及Covid-19疫情的影响，整个欧盟的天然气消费同比下降了5%。

2020年第一季度的下降扭转了欧盟消费增长的趋势，前两个季度同比分别增长了7%和2%。

2020年第一季度，欧盟天然气产量接近160亿立方米，同比大幅下降23%。

在此期间，荷兰的产量下降幅度最大，从2019年第一季度的106亿立方米下降到2020年第一季度的72亿立方米，同比下降33%。

欧盟委员会表示，天然气产量的下降表明“天然气进口依存度增加，在英国脱欧后，这种依赖程度将进一步提高。”

今年第一季度，欧盟天然气净进口也出现下降，总计810亿立方米，同比下降7%。在此期间，俄罗斯管道是欧盟以外天然气进口的主要来源，占40%。

2020年第一季度，液化天然气(LNG)和挪威管道分别占欧盟天然气进口总量的28%和24%。

曹海斌 摘译自 能源新闻

原文如下：

EU gas consumption falls 5% in Q1 2020: European Commission

New figures from the European Commission (EC) show that gas consumption across the European Union (EU) decreased to 131 Billion cubic meters (Bcm) in the first quarter of 2020.

Within its Quarterly Report on European Gas Markets, published on Friday, the EC recorded that gas consumption across the EU fell 5% year-on-year, due to a combination of warmer weather and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Kallanish Energy reports.

The decrease in Q1 2020 reversed the trend of increasing consumption in the EU, which rose by 7% and 2% year-on-year in the previous two quarters respectively.

Gas production across the EU totalled just under 16 Bcm during Q1 2020, representing a sharp 23% decrease year-on-year.

The Netherlands recorded the largest decrease in production during the period, going from 10.6 Bcm in Q1 2019 to 7.2 Bcm in Q1 2020, a year-on-year decrease of 33%.

The EC said that the drop in production points to a “points to increasing gas import dependency, which is expected to rise further after the withdrawal of the UK.”

Net gas imports in the EU also decreased during the first quarter of the year, totalling 81 Bcm, a year-on-year drop of 7%. Russian pipelines were the main source of extra-EU gas imports during the period, accounting for 40%.

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) and Norwegian pipelines accounted for 28% and 24% of total EU gas imports during Q1 2020 respectively.