英国将有足够的天然气来满足今年夏季需求，其中大部分天然气供应将来自英国北海和挪威

英国预计将向欧洲输送天然气，尽管对天然气出口的需求可能低于去年

由于天气变暖，英国的夏季往往是天然气需求较低的时期

据油价网2023年4月18日报道，英国国家天然气输送公司在其《2023年夏季展望》报告中表示，今年夏天，英国将有足够的天然气供应来满足需求，天然气供应将主要来自英国北海和挪威，辅以液化天然气进口。

此外，英国国家天然气输送公司预计，今年夏天英国将持续向欧洲输送天然气。

英国国家天然气输送公司表示：“我们预计国家运输系统可能再次被用作向欧洲输送天然气的中转站，然而，我们预计对英国出口天然气的需求将不会像去年那样高。”

然而，报告称，目前还不清楚今年夏天将看到英国有多少天然气出口到欧盟。

英国国家天然气输送公司表示，去年夏天，由于2021/2022年冬季结束时整个欧盟的天然气库存较低，以及开始削减通过管道向欧洲出口天然气后的供应担忧，英国通过互联管道向欧盟出口的天然气达到了创纪录水平。

今年夏天，前景看起来更加光明，至少目前是这样，这要归功于欧洲在今冬结束时的高水平天然气库存。

英国国家天然气输送公司系统运营总监Ian Radley在报告中表示：“由于价格差异的缩小和远期价格曲线的缩小，有迹象表明欧洲未来能源市场将更加稳定。”

由于天气变暖，从4月到9月的夏季往往是英国国家运输系统需求较低的时期，因为人们需要较少的天然气来取暖。

在今天的另一份报告中，英国国家电网ESO表示，预计今年夏天始终将有足够的可用供应来满足需求。

李峻 编译自 油价网

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.