由于市场对澳大利亚和挪威的天然气供应表示担忧，欧洲和美国的天然气价格8月28日上午双双攀升
美国亨利中心的天然气价格当天上涨2.6%，而荷兰TTF中心的天然气价格上涨1.9%
挪威天然气田的维护，以及对雪佛龙公司澳大利亚液化天然气设施罢工的持续担忧，都在推动天然气供应的不确定性
中国石化新闻网讯 据油价网2023年8月28日报道，由于市场担心供应，欧洲和美国基准天然气价格周一（8月28日）早盘中上涨。澳大利亚液化天然气出口设施的劳工问题至今仍未解决，以及挪威管道的维护计划减少了对欧洲的天然气输送。
8月28日上午早些时候，美国亨利中心的天然气价格上涨了2.6%。在欧洲，作为欧洲天然气交易基准的荷兰TTF中心的近月天然气期货价格上涨了1.9%，至每兆瓦35.08美元(32.65欧元)。
之前欧洲天然气价格开盘上涨4%，此前挪威运营商周六因定期维护而停止了巨型气田特罗尔大气田的供应，并表示向英国Segal网络输送天然气的气田也在进行维护。
挪威已成为欧洲最大的管道天然气供应国，挪威天然气供应量的减少推高了欧洲天然气价格，再加上劳工与雪佛龙公司在这家美国超级石油巨头的澳大利亚液化天然气设施高更和惠特斯通之间仍未解决的问题。
上周末，澳大利亚工人与伍德赛德能源公司就工资和工作条件达成了原则性协议，避免了伍德赛德能源公司西北大陆架工厂的停工。这导致欧洲天然气价格8月24日暴跌。
但雪佛龙公司工厂停工的威胁尚未消除。
雪佛龙公司代表告诉路透社，雪佛龙公司将继续谈判，“因为我们寻求符合员工和公司利益的结果”。
与此同时，根据Montel报告的Kpler船舶跟踪数据，上周欧洲液化天然气进口量下降了18%，更多的液化天然气货物被运往亚洲。
欧洲的天然气需求仍然低迷，天然气储存设施的利用率已经超过90%，远远早于欧盟规定的11月1日达到这一目标的最后期限。
李峻 译自 油价网
原文如下：
Natural Gas Prices Rise As Supply Risks Persist
· Both European and U.S. natural gas prices climbed on Monday morning due to supply concerns from both Australia and Norway.
· Prices at Henry Hub were up 2.6% on Monday while prices at the Dutch TTF hub climbed 1.9%.
· Maintenance at Norwegian gas fields and continued fears of a strike at Chevron’s LNG facilities in Australia are driving supply uncertainty.
European and U.S. benchmark natural gas prices rose early on Monday amid concerns about supply due to still unresolved labor issues at Australian LNG export facilities and planned maintenance reducing Norwegian pipeline gas deliveries to Europe.
Prices at the Henry Hub in the United States were up 2.6% early on Monday.
In Europe, the front-month futures at the Dutch TTF hub, the benchmark for Europe’s gas trading, had increased by 1.9% to $35.08 (32.65 euros) per megawatt (MWh) as of 10.35 a.m. GMT on Monday. Earlier in the trade, European gas prices rose by 4% at opening, after Norwegian operators on Saturday halted supply from the giant Troll gas field due to regular maintenance, and said maintenance was also being held at fields delivering gas into the Segal network for the UK.
The lowered supply from Norway, which has been the single-biggest gas supplier to Europe, has pushed European prices higher, together with still unresolved issues between workers and Chevron at the U.S. supermajor’s Australian LNG facilities, Gorgon and Wheatstone.
At the end of last week, the workers in Australia reached an in-principle agreement with Woodside Energy over pay and work conditions that averted a stop at Woodside’s North West Shelf facilities. This sent European gas prices tumbling on Thursday.
But the threat of strikes at Chevron’s facilities hasn’t been eliminated yet.
Chevron representatives have told Reuters that the company continued with negotiations “as we seek outcomes that are in the interests of both employees and the company.”
Meanwhile, European LNG imports slumped last week by 18% with more cargoes headed to Asia, according to Kpler vessel-tracking data reported by Montel.
Gas demand in Europe is still depressed, and gas storage facilities are already more than 90% full, well ahead of the EU deadline for reaching that target by November 1.
