中国石化新闻网讯 据油价网2023年3月9日报道，欧盟委员会副主席周四表示，欧盟正在提高其液化天然气进口能力，并准备在今年和未来几年欢迎更多的液化天然气货物。
欧盟将很快拥有35个液化天然气再气化终端，目前为27个，再气化能力将从1780亿立方米增加到2270亿立方米，他在推特上写道，此前他与国际天然气供应商举行了他所说的“富有成效的”网络会议。欧盟正在通过加强其进口能力基础设施，为更多的液化天然气做好准备。
过去一年，欧洲吸引了大量液化天然气供应，原因是亚洲的天然气价格高昂，需求低迷。例如，尽管欧洲天然气价格最近跌至18个月低点，但欧洲仍继续吸引着美国一半以上的液化天然气出口。
媒体上个月援引德国经济部和莱茵集团的计划报道称，欧洲最大的经济体德国计划在2030年前每年拥有多达7070万吨的液化天然气进口能力，这将使德国成为世界第四大液化天然气进口能力持有者。
德国最大的公用事业公司莱茵集团(RWE)首席执行官在接受德国商业杂志《Der Stern》和《Capital》采访时表示，德国最终使用的液化天然气进口能力可能比计划的要少，但谨慎总比后悔好。
莱茵集团首席执行官马库斯·克雷伯在周三发表的采访中说：“液化天然气终端可能没有得到充分利用。但你需要把它们作为保险费。”
然而，确保欧洲明年冬天天然气供应的竞争甚至还没有真正开始。分析师表示，整个夏季，天然气价格都将维持在高于地缘政治冲突之前的水平，因为欧洲在液化天然气供应方面将面临来自亚洲的更激烈竞争。
李峻 编译自 油价网
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Europe Set To Raise LNG imports As Regasification Capacity Jumps
The EU is boosting its LNG import capacity and is ready to welcome even more LNG cargoes this year and in the coming years, Maros Sefcovic, European Commission Vice President for Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight, said>The EU will soon have 35 LNG regasification terminals, up from 27 currently, and the regasification capacity is set to increase to 227 bcm from 178 bcm, Sefcovic tweeted today after holding what he described as a "productive" virtual meeting with international gas suppliers. The EU is getting ready for more LNG by reinforcing its import capacity infrastructure, Sefcovic said.
Over the past year, Europe has attracted a lot of LNG supply due to the sky-high prices and lackluster demand in Asia, including in China. Europe continues to attract more than half of all U.S. LNG exports, for example, despite the fact that gas prices in Europe have recently slumped to an 18-month low.
Europe's biggest economy, Germany, plans to have as much as 70.7 million tons per year of LNG import capacity by 2030, which will make it the fourth-largest LNG import capacity holder in the world, the media reported last month, citing plans by the German economy ministry and RWE.
Germany may end up using less LNG import capacity than it has planned to roll out this decade, but better safe than sorry, the chief executive of the top German utility, RWE, said in an interview with German business magazines Der Stern and Capital.
"It may be the case that the LNG terminals are not fully utilized. But you need them as an insurance premium," RWE's CEO Markus Krebber said in the interview published>However, the race to ensure supply for next winter hasn't even started in earnest yet. Prices are set to hold higher than before the war through the summer as Europe will face stiffer competition from Asia for LNG supply, analysts say.
