英國將有足夠的天然氣來滿足今年夏季需求，其中大部分天然氣供應將來自英國北海和挪威

英國預計將向歐洲輸送天然氣，盡管對天然氣出口的需求可能低于去年

由于天氣變暖，英國的夏季往往是天然氣需求較低的時期

據油價網2023年4月18日報道，英國國家天然氣輸送公司在其《2023年夏季展望》報告中表示，今年夏天，英國將有足夠的天然氣供應來滿足需求，天然氣供應將主要來自英國北海和挪威，輔以液化天然氣進口。

此外，英國國家天然氣輸送公司預計，今年夏天英國將持續向歐洲輸送天然氣。

英國國家天然氣輸送公司表示：“我們預計國家運輸系統可能再次被用作向歐洲輸送天然氣的中轉站，然而，我們預計對英國出口天然氣的需求將不會像去年那樣高。”

然而，報告稱，目前還不清楚今年夏天將看到英國有多少天然氣出口到歐盟。

英國國家天然氣輸送公司表示，去年夏天，由于2021/2022年冬季結束時整個歐盟的天然氣庫存較低，以及開始削減通過管道向歐洲出口天然氣后的供應擔憂，英國通過互聯管道向歐盟出口的天然氣達到了創紀錄水平。

今年夏天，前景看起來更加光明，至少目前是這樣，這要歸功于歐洲在今冬結束時的高水平天然氣庫存。

英國國家天然氣輸送公司系統運營總監Ian Radley在報告中表示：“由于價格差異的縮小和遠期價格曲線的縮小，有跡象表明歐洲未來能源市場將更加穩定。”

由于天氣變暖，從4月到9月的夏季往往是英國國家運輸系統需求較低的時期，因為人們需要較少的天然氣來取暖。

在今天的另一份報告中，英國國家電網ESO表示，預計今年夏天始終將有足夠的可用供應來滿足需求。

李峻 編譯自 油價網

原文如下：

The UK Will Have Enough Natural Gas For The Summer

·     The UK will have enough natural gas to meet summer demand, with most of the supply coming from the UK North Sea and Norway.

·     The UK is anticipating sending gas to Europe, although demand for exports is likely to be lower than last year.

·     The summer period in the UK tends to be a period of lower demand due to warmer weather.

The UK will have enough natural gas supply to meet demand this summer, with supply coming mostly from the UK North Sea and Norway, supplemented by LNG imports, the UK’s National Gas Transmission said in its Summer Outlook 2023.

Moreover, National Gas Transmission expects to see sustained flows of gas from the UK into Europe this summer.

“We are anticipating that the NTS could again be used as a transit for gas flows going into Europe, however, we don’t expect demand for exports from GB will be as high as it was last year,” the company said.

Yet, it is unclear what level of exports we will see going to the EU over the summer, according to the report.

Last summer saw record levels of UK gas exports to the EU via the interconnectors due to the low storage stocks across the EU at the end of the 2021/2022 winter and supply concerns after it was started to slash exports via pipelines to Europe, National Gas Transmission said.

This summer, the outlook looks brighter, at least for now, thanks to the high level of gas stockpiles in Europe at the end of this winter. 

“There are hints of greater stability in the energy market going forward as price differentials narrow and forward price curves reduce,” Ian Radley, System Operations Director at National Gas Transmission, said in the report.

The summer period – from April to September – tends to be a period when the UK sees lower demand on the National Transmission System (NTS) due to warmer weather, as people require less gas to heat their homes.

In a separate report today, the UK’s National Grid ESO said it expects there would be sufficient available supply to meet demand at all times this summer.