日本LNG现货价格在短暂上涨后下跌

据9月10日Offshore Energy消息：在6月和7月略有改善后，8月日本液化天然气现货价格再次下跌。

来自经济、贸易和工业部的数据显示，8月基于合同的价格为3.4美元/百万英热。相比之下，7月为4.2美元/百万英热，6月为3.8美元/百万英热。

与2019年同期价格5.3美元/百万英热相比，基于合同的价格下降了35.9%。

到达价格也从7月的4.1美元/百万英热下降到8月的2.6美元/百万英热。降幅为36.7％。

与2019年8月抵达日本的5.5美元/百万英热的现货液化天然气价格相比，价格下降了一半以上。

经济产业省只调查了日本公用事业公司和其他进口商购买的现货液化天然气。不包括与特定价格指数挂钩的货运交易，如美国Henry Hub和JKM。

冯娟 摘译自 Offshore Energy

原文如下：

Japan’s spot LNG prices drop after brief uptick

Prices of spot LNG cargoes contracted or delivered into Japan during the month of August dipped again after a slight improvement in June and July.

Data from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry shows that the contract-based price in August was at $3.4 per mmBtu. This compares to $4.2 per mmBtu in July and $3.8 per mmBtu in June.

When compared to the corresponding month in 2019, when the price was $5.3 per mmBtu, the contract-based price dropped 35.9 per cent.

The arrival-based price also dropped from $4.1 per mmBtu in July, to $2.6 per mmBtu in August 2020. This was a 36.7 per cent drop.

When compared to $5.5 per mmBtu price of spot LNG arriving into Japan in Augst 2019, the price more than halved.

The ministry surveys only spot LNG cargoes purchased by Japanese utilities and other importers.

It excludes cargo deals linked to a particular price index such as the US Henry Hub and the JKM.