据彭博社7月17日报道， 日本计划提议建立类似于石油领域紧急储备的全球天然气储备，以帮助避免未来的燃气短缺并稳定价格。

据知情人士透露，日本政府将建议国际能源署为成员国创建燃气储备框架。该提议将在本周二于东京举行的会议上提出，据其中一位知情人士透露，由于相关细节属于私密信息，该人士要求不透露姓名。

日本贸易部正在与国际能源署共同组织液化天然气生产消费者大会，但本周一是日本的公共假日，该部门并未立即回应置评请求。

日本政府计划在明年2月国际能源署部长级会议的议程中纳入其燃气储备提案。国际能源署已要求成员国（如美国和日本）在紧急情况下至少保有相当于净进口量的90天石油储备，而日本的提案旨在为燃气储备创建类似的策略。

去年地缘政治冲突颠覆了全球燃气市场，导致天然气价格创下历史新高，并引发人们对燃料供应安全的担忧。今年早些时候在七国集团峰会上，日本和德国推动了保留公共投资燃气可能性的相关议程。

欧盟成员国已经设定了天然气储存目标，但全球框架尚不存在。将燃料储存更长时间可能对日本和韩国等亚洲国家构成挑战，因为它们通常采用液化天然气形式，随着时间的推移会出现逸散。

胡耀东 译自 钻井地带

原文如下：

Japan Eyes Creation of Global Gas Stockpile

Japan plans to propose a global stockpile for natural gas, similar to the emergency reserve in the oil sector, to help avoid future shortages and stabilize prices.

The nation’s government will suggest that the International Energy Agency should create a gas stockpiling framework for member nations, according to people familiar with the details. The proposal will be set out during a conference in Tokyo on Tuesday, said one of the people, who asked not to be named as the details are private.

Japan’s trade ministry, which is co-organizing the LNG Producer-Consumer Conference with the IEA, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday, a public holiday in Japan.

The government aims for its gas stockpile proposal to be included in the agenda for an IEA ministerial meeting in February. The IEA already requires member nations, such as the US and Japan, to have an emergency reserve of oil equivalent to at least 90 days of net imports for times of emergency, and Japan’s proposal is targeted toward creating a similar strategy for gas.

The war last year upended gas markets around the world, triggering record-high prices and stoking worries about security of fuel supplies. At the Group of Seven summit earlier this year, Japan and Germany pushed for the inclusion of language that left the door open for public investment in gas.

European Union member states already have natural gas storage targets, but a global framework doesn’t yet exist. Storing the fuel for longer periods of time could be challenging for Asian countries like Japan and South Korea, which typically keep it in the form of liquefied natural gas that evaporates over time.