據管道新聞網10月24日消息稱，美國天然氣期貨上漲約5%，由于技術反彈，以及未來幾周出口工廠結束維修中斷后，隨著液化天然氣出口增加，需求將上升，該價格在盤中早些時候曾跌至7個月新低。

能源咨詢公司Gelber & Associates的分析師表示，油價飆升主要是由于技術因素，并指出，“在超賣情況下反彈之前，價格下跌得太遠太快了”。

在周一上漲之前，由于天氣溫和、產量創紀錄和液化天然氣出口較低，使得公用事業公司可以向儲罐注入大量天然氣，過去9周的期貨價格下跌了近60%，這可能有助于降低美國消費者今年冬天的取暖成本。

主要的液化天然氣中斷包括伯克希爾哈撒韋能源公司在10月1日關閉其位于馬里蘭州的8億立方英尺/天的Cove Point液化天然氣出口工廠，計劃進行約三周的維護，以及在6月8日發生爆炸后，Freeport液化天然氣公司在得克薩斯州的20億立方英尺/天的工廠因計劃外工作而關閉。

曹海斌 摘譯自 管道新聞網

原文如下：

U.S. Natgas Gains 5% on Technical Move, LNG Export Forecast

U.S. natural gas futures jumped about 5% after sliding to a fresh seven-month low earlier in the session on a technical rebound and expectations demand would rise as LNG exports increase once export plants exit maintenance outages in coming weeks.

Analysts at energy consulting firm Gelber & Associates said the price spike was largely due to technical factors, noting, "Prices have tumbled too far, too fast ... before rebounding amid oversold conditions."

Before Monday's gain, futures plunged almost 60% over the past nine weeks - a move that could help cut U.S. consumer heating costs this winter - due to a combination of mild weather, record output and low LNG exports that allowed utilities to inject lots of gas into storage.

Major LNG outages include Berkshire Hathaway Energy's shutdown on Oct. 1 of its 800 MMcf/d Cove Point LNG export plant in Maryland for about three weeks of planned maintenance and the shutdown of Freeport LNG's 2.0-Bcf/d plant in Texas for unplanned work after an explosion on June 8. Freeport expects the facility to return to at least partial service in early to mid-November.