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能源經濟與金融分析研究所稱,澳洲要求液化天然氣出口商預留20%的天然氣供應國內市場。

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-- 能源經濟與金融分析研究所(IEEFA)的策略師週五在一份報告中指出,澳洲將從2027年7月起強制要求東岸的液化天然氣(LNG)出口商預留20%的供應量供國內用戶使用,以緩解天然氣短缺並降低價格。 IEEFA分析師表示,這項預留政策預計將在澳洲東部造成天然氣供應略微過剩,並對價格施加下行壓力。自2015年昆士蘭州開始出口LNG以來,澳洲天然氣價格已上漲近三倍。 同時,澳洲能源市場營運商(AEMO)警告稱,隨著吉普斯蘭盆地傳統海上氣田產量下降,澳洲東部到2029年可能面臨天然氣短缺。 澳洲聯邦資源部長瑪德琳·金表示,政府將立法規定國內供應義務,同時允許出口商履行在2025年12月22日之前簽署的現有長期出口承諾。 能源經濟與金融分析研究所(IEEFA)澳洲石油天然氣能源金融分析師凱文莫里森表示,澳洲是全球最大的液化天然氣(LNG)出口國之一,其約80%的天然氣產量主要出口到亞洲買家,包括日本、中國和韓國。 莫里森表示,隨著製造商和化學生產商努力應對高昂的能源成本,人們對國內供應的擔憂日益加劇。 這項預留政策將適用於在昆士蘭州營運的LNG生產商,過去十年間,昆士蘭州格拉德斯通的三座大型出口工廠相繼建成。 IEEFA表示,LNG出口從澳洲東部國內天然氣市場迅速擴張至國際價格,導致一些依賴天然氣的產業(包括化肥廠)被迫關閉。 同時,該顧問公司表示,這項政策也可能重塑LNG出口商之間的格局。 昆士蘭州的兩家液化天然氣合資企業——Origin Energy旗下的澳洲太平洋液化天然氣公司(Australia Pacific LNG)和殼牌公司(SHEL)營運的昆士蘭柯蒂斯液化天然氣公司(Queensland Curtis LNG)——已開始向國內市場供應天然氣。桑托斯公司主導的格拉德斯通液化天然氣公司(Gladstone LNG)則嚴重依賴從第三方生產商購買天然氣來履行出口承諾。 莫里森表示,這種做法減少了本地用戶的天然氣供應,並導致價格上漲和供應擔憂。 這項預留政策與西澳大利亞州於2006年推出的國內天然氣政策類似,該政策大致要求液化天然氣出口商預留15%的產量供本地使用。然而,能源經濟與金融分析研究所(IEEFA)指出,該政策的執行情況不佳,2023年僅有8%的天然氣供應國內。 IEEFA表示,新政策的有效性將取決於最終的立法和諮詢過程,並指出其中的漏洞可能會削弱其對國內供應的影響。

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