據能源新聞7月14日消息稱，歐盟委員會（EC）的最新數據顯示，歐盟的天然氣消耗量在2020年第一季度下降到1310億立方米。

據Kallanish Energy報道，歐盟在周五發布的歐洲天然氣市場季度報告中稱，由于氣候變暖以及Covid-19疫情的影響，整個歐盟的天然氣消費同比下降了5%。

2020年第一季度的下降扭轉了歐盟消費增長的趨勢，前兩個季度同比分別增長了7%和2%。

2020年第一季度，歐盟天然氣產量接近160億立方米，同比大幅下降23%。

在此期間，荷蘭的產量下降幅度最大，從2019年第一季度的106億立方米下降到2020年第一季度的72億立方米，同比下降33%。

歐盟委員會表示，天然氣產量的下降表明“天然氣進口依存度增加，在英國脫歐后，這種依賴程度將進一步提高。”

今年第一季度，歐盟天然氣凈進口也出現下降，總計810億立方米，同比下降7%。在此期間，俄羅斯管道是歐盟以外天然氣進口的主要來源，占40%。

2020年第一季度，液化天然氣(LNG)和挪威管道分別占歐盟天然氣進口總量的28%和24%。

曹海斌 摘譯自 能源新聞

原文如下：

EU gas consumption falls 5% in Q1 2020: European Commission

New figures from the European Commission (EC) show that gas consumption across the European Union (EU) decreased to 131 Billion cubic meters (Bcm) in the first quarter of 2020.

Within its Quarterly Report on European Gas Markets, published on Friday, the EC recorded that gas consumption across the EU fell 5% year-on-year, due to a combination of warmer weather and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Kallanish Energy reports.

The decrease in Q1 2020 reversed the trend of increasing consumption in the EU, which rose by 7% and 2% year-on-year in the previous two quarters respectively.

Gas production across the EU totalled just under 16 Bcm during Q1 2020, representing a sharp 23% decrease year-on-year.

The Netherlands recorded the largest decrease in production during the period, going from 10.6 Bcm in Q1 2019 to 7.2 Bcm in Q1 2020, a year-on-year decrease of 33%.

The EC said that the drop in production points to a “points to increasing gas import dependency, which is expected to rise further after the withdrawal of the UK.”

Net gas imports in the EU also decreased during the first quarter of the year, totalling 81 Bcm, a year-on-year drop of 7%. Russian pipelines were the main source of extra-EU gas imports during the period, accounting for 40%.

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) and Norwegian pipelines accounted for 28% and 24% of total EU gas imports during Q1 2020 respectively.