據天然氣新聞2020年7月10日倫敦報道，歐盟委員會10日發布的最新季度市場報告顯示，歐盟27個成員國今年第一季度天然氣消耗量為1308億立方米，同比下降了5%。

需求的下降逆轉了前兩個季度需求上升的趨勢，歐盟前兩個季度的天然氣需求量同比增幅分別為7%和2%。

這份市場報告不包括今年1月底脫離歐盟的英國的絕對數據和同比數據。

歐盟委員會表示：“與季節平均水平相比，今年1月至3月，歐洲各地的天氣普遍較暖，導致住宅區取暖所需天然氣數量的減少。”

歐盟委員會表示，第一季度發電用天然氣需求量下降了1.8%。報告稱：“在第一季度最后幾周里， COVID-19的封鎖措施導致了工業天然氣需求下降，從而加劇了發電部門天然氣需求的下降。”

第一季度，包括羅馬尼亞、拉脫維亞、芬蘭和斯洛伐克在內的許多歐盟國家的天然氣消耗量同比下降了20%以上。

但從絕對數字來看，第一季度天然氣消耗量下降最多的國家是德國和意大利(均為17億立方米)、羅馬尼亞(13億立方米)、法國(11億立方米)、斯洛伐克(0.4億立方米)、西班牙(0.3億立方米)和芬蘭(0.2億立方米)。

實際上，有幾個國家的天然氣需求出現了增長，包括馬耳他(雖然基數很小)、葡萄牙、匈牙利、克羅地亞和荷蘭。

李峻 編譯自 天然氣新聞

原文如下：

EU gas demand down 5% on year in Q1 to 131 Bcm: EC

Gas consumption in the EU-27 dropped by 5% year on year in the first quarter to 130.8 Bcm, the latest quarterly market report published July 10 by the European Commission showed.

The fall in demand reverses the trend from the previous two quarters, which saw year-on-year gains of 7% and 2% respectively.

The market report excludes the UK -- which left the EU at the end of January -- in both absolute terms and for year-on-year comparisons.

"Weather across Europe was generally warmer in January-March 2020 compared to the seasonal average, resulting in less heating-related demand for gas in the residential sector," the EC said.

Gas demand for power generation was down 1.8% in Q1, it said. "The decrease in gas demand in the electricity generation sector was aggravated by the decreasing industrial demand induced by the COVID-19 lockdown measures in the last weeks of the quarter," it said.

Gas consumption in Q1 fell by more than 20% year on year in a number of EU countries, including Romania, Latvia, Finland and Slovakia.

But in absolute numbers, gas consumption in Q1 fell the most in Germany and Italy (both by 1.7 Bcm), Romania (1.3 Bcm), France (1.1 Bcm), Slovakia (0.4 Bcm), Spain (0.3 Bcm), and Finland (0.2 Bcm).

Gas demand actually rose in several countries, including Malta -- though from a very small base -- Portugal, Hungary, Croatia and the Netherlands.