世界天然气工业发展趋势

Growth Trends of World Natural Gas Industry

世界天然气工业发展呈现以下趋势:(1)随着人类对生存环境质量要求的日益提高,天然气将成为世界经济发展中一种最重要的替代能源;(2)全球范围内天然气消费需求将保持强劲增长势头,但以亚洲、东欧和中南美洲地区增长最快;(3)全球天然气资源相对丰裕及天然气市场竞争加强,将促进天然气生产有较快增长;(4)跨国性天然气管线建设活动十分活跃,将为构造天然气国际大市场创造物质条件;(5)液化天然气生产设施建设不断加强,将促进天然气消费的全球化和大众化;(6)发达国家天然气储备系统将日趋完善和加强,这将有助于稳定世界天然气市场;(7)天然气利用将进一步呈现多样化趋势,而天然气发电将成为主要的发展方向;(8)世界各国政府将不断放宽对天然气工业的干预和管制,天然气企业私有化进程将加快;(9)天然气国际贸易将有较快发展,但是贸易方向将集中趋向几个消费中心。

The world natural gas industry shows the following development trends; (1 ) as mankind requires a better and better living environment, natural gas will become the most important kind of substitute energy in the world economy; (2) worldwide gas demand for consumption will continue its strong increasing trend, with the Asian, East European and Mid-South American regions increasing the fastest; (3) with rich world-wide gas resources and strong competition in the gas market, gas production will rise at a faster pace; (4) active multinational gas pipeline construction will constitute the major condition for building the international gas market; (5) the increasing growth in new LNG production facilities will promote the globalization and popularization of gas consumption; (6) gas storage systems in developed countries are being perfected which will help to stabilize the world gas market; (7) gas utilization will be diversified, with its major use to generate electricity; (8) all countries will loosen their restrictions and regulations on the gas industry, and the privatization of gas enterprises will accelerate; (9) the world gas trade will observe great developments, but trade flows will be towards the main consumption centre.