截至美國(guó)東部時(shí)間下午4:27，天然氣價(jià)格僅為1.636美元，下跌0.082美元，跌幅4.77%。

據(jù)EIA報(bào)道，在截至7月15日的當(dāng)周，美國(guó)LNG出口下降，該周僅有4艘總承載能力為150億立方英尺的船只離開(kāi)美國(guó)。據(jù)FX Empire數(shù)據(jù)顯示，這是自2016年底以來(lái)的最低出口量，當(dāng)時(shí)薩賓帕斯（Sabine Pass ）LNG是美國(guó)唯一的LNG出口設(shè)施。

根據(jù)EIA的數(shù)據(jù)，去年這個(gè)時(shí)候，美國(guó)液化天然氣出口設(shè)施的天然氣輸送量創(chuàng)下了紀(jì)錄。今年，新冠疫情限制了清潔燃料的使用，截至7月10日的庫(kù)存為31.78億立方英尺，遠(yuǎn)高于五年平均水平。相比之下，去年同期的水平為25.15億立方英尺，五年平均水平為27.42億立方英尺。

但低油價(jià)并沒(méi)有減少雪佛龍對(duì)總部位于休斯頓的能源生產(chǎn)商來(lái)寶能源(Noble energy)的興趣。來(lái)寶能源在以色列的大型天然氣項(xiàng)目Leviathan中擁有天然氣業(yè)務(wù)。

雪佛龍（Chevron）首席執(zhí)行官認(rèn)為短期石油市場(chǎng)“陰云密布”。

雪佛龍首席執(zhí)行官M(fèi)ike Wirth在接受路透采訪時(shí)表示，目前形勢(shì)不容樂(lè)觀。在大流行的發(fā)展軌跡上有太多的不確定性，有效疫苗的發(fā)展速度和政府試圖控制風(fēng)險(xiǎn)的政策干預(yù)。這是一個(gè)流動(dòng)的環(huán)境。我們預(yù)計(jì)經(jīng)濟(jì)和物價(jià)走勢(shì)將不穩(wěn)。

雪佛龍確實(shí)看到了對(duì)天然氣的長(zhǎng)期需求增長(zhǎng)，但是這在很大程度上是由于人口增長(zhǎng)和減少溫室氣體排放的推動(dòng)。

郝芬 譯自 油價(jià)網(wǎng)

原文如下：

Nat Gas Prices Crash As U.S. Exports Fall

The price of natural gas fell nearly 5% on Monday, as lower U.S. LNG exports threaten to exacerbate inventories, which are already significantly higher than the five-year average.

The price of natural gas was just $1.636 as of 4:27pm EDT, a drop pf $0.082 or 4.77%.

The EIA reported that U.S. LNG exports fell week over week for the week ending July 15, with just four vessels with a combined carrying capacity of 15 Bcf leaving the United States that week. This is the lowest volume since the end of 2016—a time when the Sabine Pass LNG was the only LNG export facility in the United States, according to FX Empire.

Last year at this time, natural gas deliveries to U.S. LNG export facilities were setting records, according to the EIA. This year, the pandemic is cramping the style for the cleaner fuel, and inventories are well above the five-year average, at 3.178 billion cubic feet as of July 10. That compares to the year ago levels of 2.515 Bcf, and the five-year average of 2.742 Bcf.

But the low prices did little to assuage Chevron’s appetite for Houston-based energy producer Noble Energy, who is embedded with natural gas in a major Israeli gas project, Leviathan.

Chevron’s CEO sees the near-term oil market as “cloudy”.

“The crystal ball is cloudy right now. There’s so much uncertainty on the trajectory of the pandemic, the rate of development of effective vaccines and government policy interventions to try to manage risk between here and there. It’s a fluid environment. We expect choppy economic and price activity,” Chevron CEO Mike Wirth said in an interview with Reuters.

Chevron does see long-term demand growth for natural gas, however, largely from population growth and the push to lower greenhouse gas emissions.