中国石化新闻网讯 据天然气加工新闻网3月14日报道，2022年，美国天然气消费量日均达到创纪录的885亿立方英尺，这是自1949年以来最高年度天然气消费量。去年，美国天然气消费量较2021年增长了5%(45亿立方英尺)，是自2013年以来第二快的同比增长。根据我们的《天然气月刊》，2022年，美国的天然气消费量在12个月中有9个月创下了月度纪录。
在美国，天然气消费量每年达到两次高峰，冬季由住宅和商业部门推动，夏季由电力部门推动。在冬季，当空间供暖需求达到高峰时，1月或2月是天然气消耗最多的时候。在夏季，为了满足空调的需求，通常在7月或8月消耗的天然气最多。
去年，新退役的燃煤电厂、相对较高的煤价以及低于平均水平的煤炭库存限制了电力行业的煤炭消费，这导致发电用天然气的消费量增加。与2021年相比，所有行业的天然气消费量都有所增加，但电力行业的天然气消费量超过美国其他任何终端使用行业，占美国天然气消费量的38%。
天然气消费量在2022年1月和7月达到峰值。2022年1月，住宅和商业部门的天然气消费量比2021年1月增加9%，电力部门的天然气消费量同比增长10%。2022年1月，用于发电的天然气消费量再创新高，将天然气总消费量推高至月度新高。
2022年夏天是美国本土48个州有记录以来第三热的夏天，导致对空调的强劲需求，并导致7月份的发电量创下了新的日纪录。因此，电力部门消耗了更多的天然气，推动7月份的消费量达到夏季最高水平。
去年年底，天然气消费量再创月度新高。去年12月，在美国本土48个州的大部分地区，中下旬的气温低于正常水平，直接或间接地导致天然气需求增加，这些需求来自天然气发电厂，用于发电取暖。
郝芬 译自 天然气加工新闻网
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U.S. natural gas consumption sets 9 month record and an annual record in 2022
In 2022, US natural gas consumption averaged a record 88.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bft3d)—the highest annual natural gas consumption, according to records beginning in 1949. US natural gas consumption last year increased 5% (4.5 Bft3d) from 2021, the second-fastest year-over-year growth since 2013. Natural gas consumption in the United States set monthly records in 9 of 12 months in 2022, based>Natural gas consumption peaks twice a year in the United States, driven by the residential and commercial sectors during the winter and electric power sector during the summer. In winter, the most natural gas is consumed in January or February when demand for space heating peaks. In summer, the most natural gas is consumed typically in July or August to meet air-conditioning demand.
Newly retired coal-fired generating plants, relatively high coal prices, and lower-than-average coal stocks limited the electric power sector's coal consumption last year, which led to increased natural gas consumption for electricity generation. Compared with 2021, natural gas consumption increased in all sectors, but the electric power sector consumed more natural gas than any other US end-use sector, accounting for 38% of US natural gas consumption.
Natural gas consumption peaked in January and in July in 2022. In January 2022, the residential and commercial sectors, combined, consumed 9% more natural gas than in January 2021, and the electric power sector consumed 10% more year over year. Natural gas consumed for electric power reached a new record in January 2022, pushing overall natural gas consumption to a monthly record high.
Summer 2022 was the third warmest>The year ended with another monthly record for natural gas consumption. In December, in much of the Lower 48 states, below-normal temperatures in the mid to late part of the month led to increased natural gas demand, both directly and indirectly, from natural gas-fired plants to generate electricity for space heating.