由于市場對澳大利亞和挪威的天然氣供應表示擔憂，歐洲和美國的天然氣價格8月28日上午雙雙攀升
美國亨利中心的天然氣價格當天上漲2.6%，而荷蘭TTF中心的天然氣價格上漲1.9%
挪威天然氣田的維護，以及對雪佛龍公司澳大利亞液化天然氣設(shè)施罷工的持續(xù)擔憂，都在推動天然氣供應的不確定性
中國石化新聞網(wǎng)訊 據(jù)油價網(wǎng)2023年8月28日報道，由于市場擔心供應，歐洲和美國基準天然氣價格周一（8月28日）早盤中上漲。澳大利亞液化天然氣出口設(shè)施的勞工問題至今仍未解決，以及挪威管道的維護計劃減少了對歐洲的天然氣輸送。
8月28日上午早些時候，美國亨利中心的天然氣價格上漲了2.6%。在歐洲，作為歐洲天然氣交易基準的荷蘭TTF中心的近月天然氣期貨價格上漲了1.9%，至每兆瓦35.08美元(32.65歐元)。
之前歐洲天然氣價格開盤上漲4%，此前挪威運營商周六因定期維護而停止了巨型氣田特羅爾大氣田的供應，并表示向英國Segal網(wǎng)絡(luò)輸送天然氣的氣田也在進行維護。
挪威已成為歐洲最大的管道天然氣供應國，挪威天然氣供應量的減少推高了歐洲天然氣價格，再加上勞工與雪佛龍公司在這家美國超級石油巨頭的澳大利亞液化天然氣設(shè)施高更和惠特斯通之間仍未解決的問題。
上周末，澳大利亞工人與伍德賽德能源公司就工資和工作條件達成了原則性協(xié)議，避免了伍德賽德能源公司西北大陸架工廠的停工。這導致歐洲天然氣價格8月24日暴跌。
但雪佛龍公司工廠停工的威脅尚未消除。
雪佛龍公司代表告訴路透社，雪佛龍公司將繼續(xù)談判，“因為我們尋求符合員工和公司利益的結(jié)果”。
與此同時，根據(jù)Montel報告的Kpler船舶跟蹤數(shù)據(jù)，上周歐洲液化天然氣進口量下降了18%，更多的液化天然氣貨物被運往亞洲。
歐洲的天然氣需求仍然低迷，天然氣儲存設(shè)施的利用率已經(jīng)超過90%，遠遠早于歐盟規(guī)定的11月1日達到這一目標的最后期限。
李峻 譯自 油價網(wǎng)
原文如下：
Natural Gas Prices Rise As Supply Risks Persist
· Both European and U.S. natural gas prices climbed on Monday morning due to supply concerns from both Australia and Norway.
· Prices at Henry Hub were up 2.6% on Monday while prices at the Dutch TTF hub climbed 1.9%.
· Maintenance at Norwegian gas fields and continued fears of a strike at Chevron’s LNG facilities in Australia are driving supply uncertainty.
European and U.S. benchmark natural gas prices rose early on Monday amid concerns about supply due to still unresolved labor issues at Australian LNG export facilities and planned maintenance reducing Norwegian pipeline gas deliveries to Europe.
Prices at the Henry Hub in the United States were up 2.6% early on Monday.
In Europe, the front-month futures at the Dutch TTF hub, the benchmark for Europe’s gas trading, had increased by 1.9% to $35.08 (32.65 euros) per megawatt (MWh) as of 10.35 a.m. GMT on Monday. Earlier in the trade, European gas prices rose by 4% at opening, after Norwegian operators on Saturday halted supply from the giant Troll gas field due to regular maintenance, and said maintenance was also being held at fields delivering gas into the Segal network for the UK.
The lowered supply from Norway, which has been the single-biggest gas supplier to Europe, has pushed European prices higher, together with still unresolved issues between workers and Chevron at the U.S. supermajor’s Australian LNG facilities, Gorgon and Wheatstone.
At the end of last week, the workers in Australia reached an in-principle agreement with Woodside Energy over pay and work conditions that averted a stop at Woodside’s North West Shelf facilities. This sent European gas prices tumbling on Thursday.
But the threat of strikes at Chevron’s facilities hasn’t been eliminated yet.
Chevron representatives have told Reuters that the company continued with negotiations “as we seek outcomes that are in the interests of both employees and the company.”
Meanwhile, European LNG imports slumped last week by 18% with more cargoes headed to Asia, according to Kpler vessel-tracking data reported by Montel.
Gas demand in Europe is still depressed, and gas storage facilities are already more than 90% full, well ahead of the EU deadline for reaching that target by November 1.
