到2022年液化天然气终端市场将增长3％

中国石化新闻网讯 据海事新闻11月5日消息称，根据Technavio最新的市场研究报告，在2018年至2022年期间，大型液化天然气终端市场规模的复合年增长率预计将接近3％。

清洁燃料需求的增长是大型液化天然气终端市场增长的主要原因之一。化石燃料是满足住宅、商业和工业部门需求的主要能源。然而，它们会导致二氧化碳和其他温室气体的大量排放。

各国政府和政府间组织正在制定各种规章，以减轻对环境污染物的关注。因此，未来几年天然气需求将进一步增加，这将推动大型液化天然气终端市场的增长。

Technavio认为，液化天然气的商品化将对市场产生积极影响，并在未来一段时间内显著推动其增长。

自1964 年第一批液化天然气货物从阿尔及利亚的液化天然气设施运出以来，液化天然气已成为一种全球商品。供应过剩和需求增长对全球液体商品市场的增长至关重要。

供应商和买方的的多样化、浮动再气化工厂的增加以及可交易的液化天然气的流动性增加等因素导致了液化天然气类似于石油的商品化。因此，全球液化天然气市场的产量和效率正在逐渐提高。

Technavio的一位高级分析师表示：“在预测期内，除了液化天然气的商品化，诸如深水和超深水钻井项目数量的增加以及可再生能源的日益普及等因素将对大型液化天然气终端市场价值的增长产生重大影响。”

2017年，亚太地区引领了大型液化天然气终端市场的增长,然后是欧洲和中东、非洲为代表的第二梯队，第三是美洲。亚太地区的市场主导地位可归因于供需不匹配和竞争性定价，这为该地区的天然气供应商提供了巨大的增长机会。

曹海斌 摘译自 海事新闻

【EMEA】为Europe, the Middle East and Africa的字母缩写，为欧洲、中东、非洲三地区的合称，通常是用作政府行政或商业上的区域划分方式，常见于北美企业划分市场大区的方式。

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LNG Terminals Market to Grow 3% by 2022

The large-scale LNG terminals market size is expected to post a CAGR of close to 3% during the period 2018-2022, according to the latest market research report by Technavio.

The rising demand for clean fuels is one of the major reasons for the growth of the large-scale LNG terminals market. Fossil fuels constitute a major source of energy to cater to the demands from the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. However, they result in heavy emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases (GHGs).

Various regulations are being laid down by national governments and inter-governmental organizations to mitigate the concern of environmental pollutants. Thus, the demand for natural gas is expected to intensify further in the coming years which will drive the large-scale LNG terminals market growth.

As per Technavio, the commoditization of LNG will have a positive impact on the market and contribute to its growth significantly over the forecast period.

LNG has turned out to be a global commodity ever since the first LNG cargo was shipped from an LNG facility in Algeria in 1964. Supply surplus combined with increasing demand is essential for the growth of the global liquid commodity market.

Factors such as increasing diversity of suppliers and buyers, rising installation of floating regasification plants, and growing liquidity of tradable LNG have resulted in the commoditization of LNG similar to oil. Thus, the global LNG market is gradually turning out to be more productive and efficient.

“Apart from the commoditization of LNG, factors such as the increasing number of deepwater and ultra-deepwater drilling projects, and the rising popularity of renewable energy resources will have a significant impact on the growth of the large-scale LNG terminals market value during the forecast period,” says a senior analyst at Technavio.

The APAC region led the large-scale LNG terminals market in 2017, followed by EMEA, and the Americas respectively. The market dominance of APAC can be attributed to the demand-supply mismatch and competitive pricing, which provides significant growth opportunities for natural gas suppliers in the region.