8月23日上午，美國天然氣期貨價格短暫突破10美元/百萬英熱單位  

最近幾周，由于歐洲在全球尋找產能大國以外的天然氣供應，美國天然氣價格出現飆升  

亨利中心天然氣價格自6月底以來已上漲70%

據美國油價網8月23日報道，8月23日早間，美國天然氣期貨價格觸及每百萬英熱單位10美元，這是自2008年以來首次突破這一閾值，歐洲能源危機加劇，歐盟天然氣價格飆升至另一個紀錄。  

截至美國東部時間8月23日上午8點43分，亨利中心即月基準天然氣價格上漲0.60%，至9.737美元/百萬英熱單位，當天早些時候曾觸及10美元/百萬英熱單位。

由于歐洲在世界各地尋找非產能大國的天然氣供應——主要是美國的液化天然氣——以填補冬季供暖季節(jié)的天然氣儲備，美國天然氣價格最近幾周持續(xù)飆升。  

由于自由港液化天然氣出口終端不可抗力，美國基準天然氣價格在6月初出現暴跌，但自6月底以來迄今已經上漲70%，上周達到2008年8月以來的最高水平，超過9.30美元/百萬英熱單位。 

本周，美國天然氣價格超過了10美元/百萬英熱單位，因為8月31日至9月2日期間，歐洲將再次面臨停氣。德國和其他歐盟國家擔心，通過管道的天然氣供應——目前僅占管道產能的20%——將被進一步削減或完全停止。

美國天然氣價格正在上漲，但與歐洲天然氣價格的飆升相比，這根本不值一提。歐洲天然氣價格8月23日再次創(chuàng)下紀錄，超過了8月22日的紀錄高點。  

荷蘭TTF中心的歐洲基準天然氣價格一夜之間又飆升13%，接近每兆瓦時297.55美元（300歐元），創(chuàng)歷史新高。據路透社估計，僅一個月的時間，天然氣價格就翻了一番，是過去10年平均價格的14倍。

歐洲天然氣價格遠高于美國基準天然氣價格，約為美國基準天然氣價格的10倍，這將推動更多的液化天然氣從美國出口到歐洲，可能進一步推動美國天然氣價格的上漲。此外，盡管自由港液化天然氣供應中斷，為國內消費提供了更多的天然氣，但由于美國國內天然氣產量保持持平，電力部門的天然氣需求在熱浪中強勁，天然氣庫存低于正常水平，美國國內市場為當地天然氣價格提供了樂觀的催化劑。 

李峻 編譯自 美國油價網

原文如下：

U.S. Natural Gas Jumps To $10 For The First Time Since 2008

·     U.S. natural gas futures jumped briefly above $10 per MMBtu on Tuesday morning.

·     U.S. natural gas prices have soared in recent weeks as Europe scours the world for non-Russian gas supply.

·     Henry Hub gas prices have rallied by 70% since the end of June

U.S. natural gas futures hit $10 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) early on Tuesday, jumping briefly above that threshold for the first time since 2008 as the energy crisis in Europe is worsening, and EU gas prices surged to another record today.

As of 8:43 a.m. ET, the front-month U.S. benchmark natural gas price at Henry Hub was up by 0.60% at $9.737/MMBtu, having hit $10/MMBtu earlier in the day.  

U.S. natural gas prices have soared in recent weeks as Europe scours the world for non-larger producer gas supply—mostly U.S. LNG—to fill gas storage sites in time for the winter heating season.

After a slump in early June due to the Freeport LNG force majeure, U.S. benchmark gas prices have rallied by 70% since the end of June, hitting last week their highest level since August 2008 at above $9.30/MMBtu.

This week, the prices exceeded $10/MMBtu as Europe braces for another halt of gas deliveries via the pipeline to Germany for three days between August 31 and September 2. Germany and other EU countries are concerned that supply via Nord Stream—now at just 20% of the pipeline capacity—would be further cut or completely halted.

U.S. gas prices are rallying, but it’s nothing compared to the surge in Europe’s gas prices, which set another record on Tuesday, beating Monday’s record-high price.

Europe’s benchmark gas prices at the Dutch TTF hub soared by another 13% overnight to close to $297.55 (300 euro) per megawatt-hour, a fresh record high. The price has now doubled in just one month and currently sits 14 times higher than the average for the last decade, according to Reuters estimates.

The much higher gas prices in Europe, at around ten times higher than the U.S. benchmark in MMBtu terms, are set to pull more LNG exports from the U.S. to Europe, potentially further stoking the rally in U.S. natural gas prices. In addition, the U.S. domestic market offers bullish catalysts for local gas prices as domestic production remains flattish, gas demand from the power sector is strong in heatwaves, and stocks in storage are lower than normal, despite the outage at Freeport LNG, which has made available more gas for domestic consumption.