石油设备网讯 据路透社4月11日纽约报道，美国液化天然气发货量预计将在4月降至6个月来的最低水平，此前，美国一家主要的供应商关闭了设备进行维修，而供应过剩已将全球部分价格推至近三年来的低点。
根据截至4月10日的出口数据，美国将以每天约915亿立方英尺的天然气作为液化天然气出售，这将是自去年10月以来的最低水平。根据Refinitiv的数据显示，3月份出货量约为每天1398亿立方英尺。
而10亿立方英尺的天然气足够每天为500万户美国家庭提供燃料。
发货量下降很大的一个原因是在过去三周内，为了计划中的维修保养，美国主要的液化天然气供应商切尼尔能源公司决定关闭路易斯安那州Sabine Pass项目5条生产线中的3条。
根据国际天然气联盟（IGU）的数据，全球对液化天然气的需求激增，最近一年上升了9.8%。
詹晓晶摘自路透社
原文如下：
U.S. LNG shipments on track for slowest month since October
U.S. shipments of liquefied natural gas are expected to fall to their lowest level in six months in April, after a leading U.S. supplier shut units for maintenance at a time when a glut of supply has driven some worldwide prices to near three-year lows.
based on exports through April 10, the United States is on track to sell roughly 91.5 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) of natural gas as LNG, which would be the lowest since October. That compares with an estimated record 139.8 bcfd shipped in March, according to data provider Refinitiv.
One billion cubic feet of gas is enough to supply about 5 million U.S. homes for a day.
The dropoff is largely due to a decision by Cheniere Energy Inc, the leading U.S. supplier of LNG, to shut three of the five liquefaction trains, as LNG units are called, at Sabine Pass in Louisiana for planned maintenance over the past three weeks.
Demand for LNG has surged worldwide, rising by 9.8 percent in the most recent year, according to the International Gas Union (IGU).
