美国乙烷产量创历史新高

据8月31日阿格斯网站消息：由于生产商在第二季度末逐步恢复生产，美国乙烷油田产量在6月升至历史新高。

美国能源信息署(EIA)公布的月度数据显示，乙烷产量增至210万桶/天，比5月的180万桶/天增长14%，比6月增长16％。

3月和4月产量急剧下降，因为关闭的天然气井减少了伴生气产量。到5月底，价格上涨支撑从天然气流中回收更多的乙烷。得克萨斯州贝尔维尤市，4月乙烯平均价格为12.97美元/加仑，5月上升至22.36美元/加仑，6月上升至21.88美元/加仑。

乙烷库存也有所上升，6月攀升至5200万桶，较上月增长9%，但较2019年6月报告的6000万桶下降14%。6月乙烷出口量为30.8万桶/天，比5月增长3％，比去年6月增长12%。

美国6月丁烷出口量为30.1万桶/天，低于上月的35.2万桶/天，而去年同期为29.6万桶/天。6月，丁烷主要出口到印度尼西亚和韩国。

丁烷库存6月为5540万桶，比产量大幅下降的5月增长20%，但低于去年6月的5820万桶。

美国6月生产1340万桶丁烷，低于5月的1380万桶，但高于去年6月的1270万桶。

冯娟 摘译自 阿格斯

原文如下:

US ethane production rises to record: EIA

US ethane field production rose to a record high in June as producers moved to recover more product late in the second quarter.

Ethane output rose to 2.1mn b/d, a 14pc increase from the prior record 1.8mn b/d produced in May and a 16pc increase from the previous June, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported today in its monthly data.

Production fell sharply in March and April as shut-in natural gas wells reduced output of associated gas. By late May, rising prices supported recovery of more ethane from the gas stream. Mont Belvieu, Texas, EPC ethane averaged 12.97￠/USG in April, before rising to 22.36￠/USG in May and 21.88￠/USG in June.

Ethane inventories also rose, climbing to 52mn bl in June, up 9pc from the previous month, but a 14pc drop from the 60mn bl reported in June 2019. June ethane exports of 308,000 b/d were up by 3pc from May and up by 12pc from June last year.

US butane exports stood at 301,000 b/d in June, down from 352,000 b/d last month and up slightly from the 296,000 b/d during the same month last year. June butane exports mainly went to destinations in Indonesia and South Korea.

Butane stocks stood at 55.4mn bl in June, up by 20pc from May when production fell sharply, but down from 58.2mn bl of inventories in June last year.

The US produced 13.4mn bl of butane in June, down from 13.8mn bl in May, but up from 12.7mn bl last June.