中国石化新闻网讯 据油价网12月5日消息称，11月，欧洲天然气需求较5年同期平均水平低24%，主要原因是价格高企导致工业需求减少。
对于欧洲各国政府和公用事业公司来说，天然气消费量的下降可能是一个好消息，它们正在努力确保整个冬天都有足够的天然气供应，并可能有一些储备，以便为2023/2024年冬季开始储备。
今年秋季，欧盟(EU)继续削减需求，英国《金融时报》援引大宗商品分析公司ICIS的估计数据称，欧盟11月份的消费量较5年平均水平下降24%，10月份降幅同样大。
ICIS欧洲天然气首席分析师Tom Marzec-Manser向英国《金融时报》表示：“在一定程度上，工业正在推动天然气消费量的最大下降，这完全是明确的市场定价的结果。”
尽管消费减少，尽管很大程度上是需求破坏的结果，但欧洲的天然气价格上周开始再次上涨，此前几周天气较往常温暖，较为平静。随着11月底和12月初首次出现真正的寒潮，欧洲和英国的基准天然气价格再次上涨，原因是北欧大部分地区的风力发电量低，法国核电供应减少。
如今，欧洲大部分地区已经出现寒冷天气，天气预报显示，北欧和英国的冬季开局将比往年更冷，欧洲维持照明和供暖的能力将面临考验。周一，由于低风速和低温持续，天然气价格继续上涨。
曹海斌 摘译自 油价网
原文如下：
European Gas Consumption Is 24% Below The Five-Year Average
In November, Europe’s natural gas demand was 24% lower than the five-year average for the month, largely due to reduced industrial demand amid high prices.
The lower gas consumption could be good news for European governments and utilities scrambling to ensure enough gas supply throughout this winter and possibly have some left in storage to begin stockpiling for 2023/2024 winter.
This autumn, the EU has continued to cut its demand, with 24% lower consumption than the five-year average in November and an equally large decline in October, according to estimates by commodity analytics company ICIS cited by the Financial Times.
“Industry is proportionally driving the biggest reductions in gas consumption, and this is entirely the result of clear market pricing,” Tom Marzec-Manser, lead European gas analyst at ICIS, told FT.
Despite the reduction in consumption, although a large part of it is a result of demand destruction, gas prices in Europe started rising again last week after several calmer weeks when the weather was warmer than usual. With the first real chills and cold waves at the end of November and early December, the benchmark gas prices in Europe and the UK jumped again amid low wind power generation across most of northern Europe and lower nuclear power supply from France.
Now that cold weather has settled in most of Europe and weather forecasts point to a colder-than-normal start to the winter in northern Europe and the UK, Europe’s ability to keep the lights and heating on will be put to the test. Gas prices continued to rise on Monday, as low wind speeds and cold temperatures persist.