本周亚洲LNG价格跃升至4个月高点

据能源世界网8月7日新加坡报道，亚洲液化天然气(LNG)现货价格本周跳升至逾四个月高位，跟随欧洲和美国天然气价格走强，且北亚主要城市面临较往常温暖的天气，可能提振需求。

据估计，本周9月份运往东北亚的液化天然气平均价格约为3.1美元/百万英热单位(mmBtu)，较前一周上涨40美分。

预计10月份交货的货物价格约为3.50美元/百万英热。

一位新加坡的液化天然气贸易商表示，由于戈尔贡（Gorgon）的供应问题以及欧洲和美国天然气市场坚挺，市场看涨。他指的是雪佛龙在澳大利亚经营的液化天然气工厂推迟了生产线的重启。

Gorgon项目2号生产线的维护工作于5月下旬开始，但最初计划于7月中旬进行的重新启动已推迟至9月初。

这位贸易商称，最近现货价格的上涨已经使买家以与往年相比仍然较低的价格抢购货物。

本周，由于俄罗斯石油流量减少，以及美国亨利港的石油价格则因天气异常炎热而上涨，欧洲各地的石油价格上涨。

根据Refinitiv的天气数据显示，东京、北京和上海下周的气温预计将比平时高，这可能会推动电力需求，因为人们会打开空调。

一位业内消息人士称，马来西亚国家石油公司(Petronas)以约2.90美元/百万英热的价格向贡沃尔（Gunvor）出售了一批9月中旬装运的Gorgon液化天然气厂的货物。

贸易商表示，库页岛和巴布亚新几内亚的液化天然气工厂以每百万英热逾3美元的价格销售9月份装运的液化天然气，而新日铁（Nippon Steel）以每百万英热约3-3.15美元的价格购买了一批。

他们称，印度的信实工业和印度石油公司，韩国的PRISM Energy和KOMIPO，日本的Tohoku Electric和中国的深圳能源都在市场上寻找9月至10月的货物。

郝芬 译自 能源世界网

原文如下：

GLOBAL LNG: Asian LNG prices hit over 4-month high on firm Europe, US gas prices

Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices jumped to a more than four-month high this week, tracking firmer gas prices in Europe and the United States, and as major cities in North Asia face warmer-than-usual weather potentially boosting demand.

The average LNG price for September delivery into northeast Asia was estimated at about $3.10 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) this week, up 40 cents from the previous week.

Prices for cargoes to be delivered in October were estimated at about $3.50 per mmBtu.

"Market is bullish due to supply issues from Gorgon and also because European and U.S. gas markets are firm," said a Singapore-based LNG trader, referring to the delayed restart of a production line at the Chevron-operated LNG plant in Australia.

The maintenance on Train 2 of the Gorgon project began in late May, but a restart initially planned for mid-July has been delayed until early September.

The recent rise in spot prices has seen buyers snap up cargoes at prices that are still low compared with previous years, the trader said.

Prices across Europe rose this week on the back of lower Russian flows, while those at the Henry Hub in the United States gained on hotter-than-normal weather.

Tokyo, Beijing and Shanghai are expected to see warmer-than-usual temperatures next week, according to Refinitiv weather data, potentially boosting demand for electricity as people switch on air conditioners.

Malaysia's Petronas sold a cargo from the Gorgon LNG plant for mid-September loading to Gunvor at about $2.90 per mmBtu, one industry source said.

Sakhalin and Papua New Guinea LNG plants sold September-loading cargoes at above $3 per mmBtu, while Nippon Steel bought a cargo at about $3 to $3.15 per mmBtu, traders said.

India's Reliance Industries and Indian Oil Corp, South Korea's PRISM Energy and KOMIPO, Japan's Tohoku Electric, and China's Shenzhen Energy were in the market looking for September to October cargoes, they said.