据能源经济12月23日消息称，印度11月天然气消费量较去年同期增长了2％，表明工业活动有所反弹。
官方数据显示，消费量从去年11月的51亿立方米上升到52亿立方米。4月至11月期间的需求较去年同期下降了近5%。
石油部石油规划与分析小组在其月度报告中表示：“随着经济活动恢复缓慢而稳定的增长，消费出现了增长。”
最初的需求复苏是由化肥、发电厂和精炼厂带动的。该国最大的天然气营销商盖尔公司(GAIL)的营销总监E S Ranganathan说：“由于封锁而急剧下降的城市天然气需求也随着新的城市燃气许可证机构建立CNG加油站而恢复。”
封锁限制了公共交通，在德里和孟买等大城市，公共交通是压缩天然气的主要消费者。由于学校仍在停课，大部分压缩天然气巴士仍未上路。
化肥是最大的消费者，约占所有天然气的30%，电力约占20%。城市天然气分销商的比例已回升至18%，炼油厂和石化企业的比例分别约为14%和6%。
尽管由于外出就餐的人减少，今年餐馆对天然气的需求大幅下降，但家庭烹饪用天然气的需求一直保持稳定。
印度的天然气需求有一半多靠进口，国际天然气价格连续数月走低也帮助提振了国内需求。现在国际市场上天然气价格上涨，这可能对消费产生不利影响。
朱佳妮 摘译自 能源经济
原文如下：
India's natural gas consumption rises 2% in November from a year earlier
Natural gas consumption in the country has risen 2% in November from a year earlier, signalling a rebound in the industrial activity.
The consumption rose to 5.2 billion cubic meters (BCM) from 5.1 BCM last November, as per the official data. The demand for the April-November period is down nearly 5% from last year.
“There has been a growth in consumption as the economic activities regain slow and steady growth,” the oil ministry’s Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell said in its monthly report.
The initial demand recovery was led by the fertilizer and power plants and refineries. “City gas demand that had sharply dropped due to the lockdown is also returning with new city gas licensees setting up CNG fuelling stations,” said E S Ranganathan, director (marketing) at GAIL, the nation’s largest gas marketer.
Lockdown had curbed public transport, a key consumer of compressed natural gas in big cities like Delhi and Mumbai. With schools still shut, a big segment of CNG buses are still not Fertilizer is the biggest consumer with about 30% of all gas consumed while power takes about 20%. City gas distributors have recovered to 18% while refinery and petrochemicals take about 14% and 6% respectively.
The demand for natural gas for cooking at home has remained steady although it has fallen sharply for restaurants this year due to fewer people eating out.
India imports a little more than half of its natural gas requirement and lower international prices for many months also helped boost domestic demand. Rates of natural gas have risen in the international market now, which can have adverse effect on consumption.
