石油设备网讯 据世界能源网2019年3月14日休斯顿报道，美国能源信息署(EIA)公布的最新统计数据显示，去年美国天然气产量平均日增100亿立方英尺，比2017年增加了11%。
EIA在一份新闻稿中表示，去年美国天然气产量增长的幅度是有记录以来天然气产量最大的年度增长，连续第二年创下历史新高。
EIA的最新月度原油、伴生气凝析油和天然气产量报告显示，去年美国天然气平均日产量为1013亿立方英尺，再创历史新高。
去年以推向市场的天然气产量和干天然气产量测量的美国天然气产量也分别达到了创纪录的896亿立方英尺/天和834亿立方英尺/天。
除6月份外，去年美国天然气总开采量每月都在增加，最终在2018年12月达到了创纪录的1078亿立方英尺/天。去年12月，推向市场的天然气产量和干天然气产量也分别创下了950亿立方英尺/天和886亿立方英尺/天的月度新高。
由于天然气产量的增加，去年美国通过管道和液化天然气(LNG)形式的天然气出口量连续第四年增长，达到了99亿立方英尺/天。
美国在2017年成为了天然气净出口国，这是近60年来的第一次，去年美国的天然气出口量仍高于进口量。
李峻 编译自 世界能源
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U.S. Natural Gas Production Sets New Record
According to the U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA), US natural gas production registered an increase by 10.0 billion cubic feet per day in 2018, noting an 11% rise in comparison to 2017.
The development reported was the largest annual increase in production on record, establishing a record high for a second year in a row, it said in a press release.
U.S. natural gas production measured as gross withdrawals averaged 101.3 Bcf/d in 2018, the highest volume on record, according to EIA’s Monthly Crude Oil, Lease Condensate, and Natural Gas Production Report.
U.S. natural gas production measured as marketed production and dry natural gas production also reached record highs at 89.6 Bcf/d and 83.4 Bcf/d, respectively.
U.S. natural gas gross withdrawals increased every month during 2018 except in June, ultimately reaching a record monthly high of 107.8 Bcf/d in December 2018. Marketed natural gas production and dry natural gas production also hit monthly record highs of 95.0 Bcf/d and 88.6 Bcf/d, respectively, in December 2018.
As natural gas production increased, the volume of natural gas exports—both through pipelines and as liquefied natural gas (LNG)—increased for the fourth consecutive year, reaching 9.9 Bcf/d.
The United States continued to export more natural gas than it imported in 2018, after being a net exporter in 2017 for the first time in nearly 60 years.
