据天然气加工新闻网2022年4月18日报道，美国最大的液化天然气出口商切尼尔能源公司4月18日表示，美国天然气价格飙升反映了过去投资不足导致的“需求冲击”，由于欧洲寻求减少对天然气的依赖，高气价将刺激更多天然气生产，令消费者受益。 

4月14日，美国主要中心的天然气交易价格达到7.30美元/百万英热单位，今年以来已上涨96%，达到创纪录的13年高点。 这一价格使得消耗大量天然气的公司呼吁限制新建液化天然气工厂。  

切尼尔能源公司执行副总裁阿纳托尔· 费金在该公司的萨宾帕斯液化天然气出口终端接受采访时表示：“在经历了相对较长一段时间的投资不足之后，我们现在正在经历对行业的需求冲击。”

费金补充称：“我们认为资源就在那里，我们具有吸引资源并将其引入正确市场的能力，最终将导致国内天然气价格更具吸引力。” 

费金表示，其现有的路易斯安那州和得克萨斯州的LNG年总产能可达到4500万吨，有充足的未使用空间，可以用于未来的扩建。

钱尼尔能源公司表示，由于军事冲突，买家纷纷避开生产大国天然气，欧洲对液化天然气的需求激增，但这并未改变钱尼尔能源公司对亚洲市场的关注。  

费金说：“我们认为，最终推动能源需求、天然气和液化天然气增长的将是亚洲。这些20年以上的长期购买天然气协议大多是与亚洲买家签订的。” 

李峻 编译自 天然气加工新闻网

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Cheniere Energy exec says surging U.S. natgas prices will spur production

Cheniere Energy said surging U.S. natural gas prices reflect past underinvestment followed by "a demand shock" as Europe seeks to wean itself from the big produce country’s gas, and that high prices will spur more production that will benefit consumers. 

Gas traded at the main U.S. hub hit $7.30 per million British thermal units (MMBtus) on Thursday, up 96% this year to a 13-year high on record demand. Those prices has companies that consume lots of natural gas calling for curbs on new LNG plants.

"What we are going through now is a demand shock to the industry that came after a relatively long period of underinvestment," Executive Vice President Anatol Feygin said in an interview at Cheniere's Sabine Pass LNG export terminal.

"We think the resource is there and our ability to attract that resource and bring it into the right markets will ultimately result in a more attractive domestic gas price," he added.

Feygin said its existing Louisiana and Texas operations, which together can supply up to 45 MMtpy, have ample unused space that could allow for future expansions.

The spike in LNG demand from Europe, has not changed Cheniere's focus on its Asia markets, he said.

"Ultimately the driver of growth for energy demand, for natural gas and LNG, we think is going to continue to be Asia. The plurality of those long-term, 20 plus year agreements have been with Asian counterparties,” Feygin said.