中国石化新闻网讯 据能源世界网8月19日新加坡报道,今年,亚洲可能会进口创纪录数量的液化石油气(LPG),因为企业会抢购燃料,制造用于防护设备的石化产品,以抵御冠状病毒,而处于封锁状态的家庭则会为烹饪加大购买力度。
据咨询公司IHS Markit,FGE和伍德·麦肯齐(Wood Mackenzie)的分析师称,今年该地区将从国外购买约6700-6950万吨天然气,超过去年的纪录。这将比2019年进口量增加1-3%。
据新加坡的一位业内人士表示,亚洲强劲的需求可能会在未来几个月影响供应,就像欧洲可能会在冬季增加购买取暖用燃料一样。尽管第二季度大宗商品减产打击了供应,但此后产量有所回升。
伍德·麦肯齐的研究分析师Rui Hou表示,随着家庭和石化领域需求的增加,我们预计今年LPG的进口需求将比2019年有所增加。
IHS Markit天然气液体研究执行董事何燕雨表示,今年上半年已经进口了约3300万吨的LPG。
他称,今年,亚洲液化石油气供应的52%左右来自中东,35%来自美国,其余来自加拿大和澳大利亚等国。
郝芬 译自 能源世界网
原文如下:
Asia to import record LPG in 2020 as pandemic boosts demand for protective gear, cooking
Asia will likely import record volumes of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in 2020 as firms snap up the fuel to make petrochemicals used in protective gear against the coronavirus, while households under lockdown ramped up purchases for cooking.
The region will buy some 67-69.5 million tonnes of the gas from abroad this year, surpassing last year's record, analysts from consultancy firms IHS Markit, FGE and Wood Mackenzie said. That would represent a 1-3 per cent increase on 2019 import volumes.
Strong Asian demand could weigh on supplies in coming months just as Europe is likely to step up purchases of the fuel for heating in winter, an industry source in Singapore said. While supply was hit by a cut in commodity production in the second quarter, output has recovered some ground since then.
"We expect (LPG) import demand to increase in 2020 over 2019 with stronger demand in both residential and petrochemical sectors," said Rui Hou, research analyst of Wood Mackenzie.
He Yanyu, IHS Markit's executive director of natural gas liquids research, said some 33 million tonnes of LPG had already been imported in the first half of 2020.
In total, Asia would get some 52 per cent of its LPG supplies this year from the Middle East, 35 per cent from the United States and the rest from countries including Canada and Australia, said He.