需求疲软和高库存水平因素将欧洲天然气价格推至2021年11月以来的最低水平
根据欧洲天然气基础设施公司公布的数据，到5月22日，欧盟的天然气储存点满库水平为66.22%
尽管欧洲的天然气市场形势看起来值得期待，但国际能源署(IEA)警告称，欧洲大陆市场尚未摆脱困境
据油价网2023年5月24日报道，欧洲基准天然气价格周三继续下跌，延续了数周的跌势，原因是春季需求疲软，今年年初冬季结束后天然气库存量高于正常水平。
周三格林尼治标准时间上午10时33分，欧洲天然气交易基准TTF中心的即月期货价格下跌1.5%，至每兆瓦时30.84美元(28.68欧元)。
这是自2021年11月以来的最低天然气价格，当时欧洲的能源危机在2021/2022年冬季之前开始，在地缘政治冲突和大部分管道天然气供应缺乏导致价格飙升之后，欧洲能源危机在去年晚些时候达到顶峰。
目前，年度冬季供暖季结束，夏季需求尚未开始，欧洲的天然气需求疲软。去年秋冬两季经历了非常艰难时期的工业天然气消费也很疲软。
另一方面，欧盟的天然气库存仍处于相当高的水平。根据欧洲天然气基础设施公司公布的数据，到5月22日，欧盟的天然气储存地点已满66.22%。目前欧盟的天然气库存量是至少10年来的最高水平。
夏季前的高天然气库存量和疲软的需求表明，欧洲能源危机最糟糕的时期可能已经过去。
然而，分析人士和官员警告说，欧盟不应该在下一个冬季到来之前对市场形势过于乐观。
国际能源署(IEA)署长法提赫·比罗尔近日接受CNBC采访时表示，尽管今年欧洲天然气价格暴跌，但欧洲大陆“尚未走出困境”，因为有三个原因可能会在今年晚些时候加剧欧洲能源危机。
李峻 编译自 油价网
原文如下：
European Natural Gas Prices Drop To The Lowest Level Since 2021
· A combination of weak demand and high storage levels have pushed European natural gas prices to their lowest level since November 2021.
· As of May 22, natural gas storage sites in the EU were 66.22% full, according to data from Gas Infrastructure Europe.
· While Europe’s natural gas situation is looking promising, the IEA has warned that the continent is not out of the woods yet.
Benchmark natural gas prices in Europe continued to fall on Wednesday, extending several weeks of losses amid weak demand in the spring and higher-than-normal inventories after the end of the winter.
The front-month futures at the TTF hub, the benchmark for Europe’s gas trading, fell by 1.5% to $30.84 (28.68 euros) per megawatt-hour (MWh) as of 10.33 a.m. GMT on Wednesday.
That’s the lowest price since November 2021, when the energy crisis in Europe started ahead of the 2021/2022 winter season, with the crisis reaching a peak later in 2022 after the war nd the lack of most of the pipeline gas supply sent prices soaring.
Currently, demand for natural gas in Europe is weak after the winter heating season ended and summer demand is yet to begin. Gas consumption from industry, which went through a very rough patch last autumn and winter, is also weak.
Inventories, on the other hand, are comfortably high for this time of the year. As of May 22, natural gas storage sites in the EU were 66.22% full, according to data from Gas Infrastructure Europe. The level of gas in storage is the highest for this time of the year in at least a decade.
High inventories ahead of the summer and weak demand suggest that the worst of the energy crisis in Europe could be behind us.
Yet, analysts and officials warn that the EU shouldn’t be complacent ahead of the next winter season.
Despite the slump in Europe’s gas prices this year, the continent is “not out of the woods” yet as three factors could worsen the European energy crisis later this year, Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), told CNBC this weekend.
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