據天然氣加工網站3月25日消息 隨著流向液化天然氣出口終端的天然氣流量增加，同時產量下降，美國天然氣期貨價格小幅上漲近2%。

交易員指出，盡管隨著天氣轉暖，預計未來兩周天然氣需求（液化天然氣出口除外）將下降，但價格仍有所上漲。

美國東部時間上午8:24（格林尼治標準時間12：24），紐約商品交易所4月份交割的天然氣期貨價格上漲2.7美分（1.6%），至1.680美元/每百萬英熱單位。周一，該合約收于1995年9月以來的最低水平。

甚至在冠狀病毒傳播開始削減全球經濟增長和能源需求之前，天然氣價格就已接近多年來的最低水平，因為創紀錄的產量和數月的溫和天氣使得公用事業公司能夠儲存更多的天然氣，使得今年冬天不太可能出現燃料短缺和價格飆升。

隨著天氣轉暖，數據提供商Refinitiv預計，美國48個州的天然氣需求（包括出口）將從本周的平均1055億立方英尺/天下滑至下周的1003億立方英尺/天，這低于Refinitiv周二的預測，本周為1056億立方英尺/天，下周為1011億立方英尺/天。

同時，根據Refinitiv的數據，流向美國液化天然氣出口工廠的天然氣量從周一的89億立方英尺/天增至周二的92億立方英尺/天。而上周，由于大霧導致錢尼爾能源位于路易斯安那州的Sabine Pass工廠的油輪運輸延遲，平均為81億立方英尺/天。1月31日，該公司的平均95億立方英尺/天創下歷史新高。

吳恒磊 編譯自 天然氣加工

原文如下：

U.S. natgas futures edge up as LNG exports rise, output slips

U.S. natural gas futures edged up almost 2% as flows to liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals increased at the same time output declined.

Traders noted prices rose even though demand for gas - other than for LNG export - was expected to decline over the next two weeks as the weather turns milder.

Front-month gas futures for April delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose 2.7 cents, or 1.6%, to $1.680 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) at 8:24 a.m. EDT (1224 GMT). On Monday, the contract closed at its lowest since September 1995.

Even before the coronavirus started to cut global economic growth and demand for energy as it spread, gas prices were trading near their lowest in years as record production and months of mild weather enabled utilities to leave more gas in storage, making fuel shortages and price spikes unlikely this winter.

With milder weather expected, data provider Refinitiv projected gas demand in the U.S. Lower 48 states, including exports, would slide from an average of 105.5 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) this week to 100.3 bcfd next week. That is lower than Refinitiv's forecast on Tuesday of 105.6 bcfd this week and 101.1 bcfd next week.

The amount of gas flowing to U.S. LNG export plants, meanwhile, rose to 9.2 bcfd on Tuesday from 8.9 bcfd on Monday, according to Refinitiv. That compares with an average of 8.1 bcfd last week when fog delayed tanker traffic into Cheniere Energy Inc's Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana, and an all-time daily high of 9.5 bcfd on Jan. 31.