据管道&天然气杂志网5月31日报道，美国天然气价格已攀升至13年多来的最高水平，因为储存库存仍远低于平均水平，而干旱和缺乏水力发电可能会使其更加紧张。路易斯安那州亨利中心（HenryHub）交付的天然气的即月期货价格已攀升至每百万英热单位9美元左右，高于去年同期的3美元。

当前美国物价是2008年10月金融?；泳?、经济进一步陷入大衰退以来，经通胀调整后的最高水平。上周，地下储气库的工作储量为3480亿立方英尺，比疫情前的五年季节性平均水平低16%。高油价表明，需要减少消耗，包括尽可能从天然气发电转向燃煤发电，同时最大限度地提高钻井和新产量。

据油田服务公司贝克休斯的数据显示，天然气钻机总数已攀升至150台，为2019年末以来的最高水平，而一年前的这个时候只有100台。生产伴生气的石油钻机台数量已从一年前的343台攀升至576台，创下2020年初第一波疫情暴发前的最高水平。

郝芬 译自 管道&天然气杂志网

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US Gas Drilling Rig Count Highest Since 2019

U.S. natural gas prices have climbed to the highest in more than 13 years as storage inventories remain well below average while the drought and lack of hydroelectric generation threatens to stretch them even further. Front-month futures prices for gas delivered at Henry Hub in Louisiana have climbed to around $9 per million Btu, up from $3 at the same point a year ago.

Prices are the highest after adjusting for inflation since October 2008, when the financial crisis was intensifying, and the economy was heading deeper into the great recession. Last week, working stocks in underground gas storage were 348 billion cubic feet (16%) below the pre-pandemic five-year seasonal average. High prices signal the need to reduce consumption, including by switching from gas-fired to coal-fired generation as much as possible, while maximizing drilling and new production.

The total number of rigs drilling for gas has climbed to 150, the highest since late 2019, and up from just 100 this time a year ago, according to field services company Baker Hughes. The number of oil rigs, which produce associated gas as a byproduct, has climbed to 576, up from 343 a year ago, and the highest since just before the first wave of the pandemic arrived in early 2020.