最近の天然ガス・LNG市場をめぐる情勢 : 需要側の動向を中心に(<特集>未曾有のエネルギー環境激変〜天然ガス安定調達への道を探る〜)

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The world LNG market has observed a drastic change since the autumn of 2008. The world LNG demand has decreased in 2008 for the first time in the last 27 years. While the impacts of financial crisis had some effects on the world LNG demand, the rapid expansion in unconventional natural gas production and a large reduction of LNG imports in the United States are the major reason in the demand decrease in 2008. The pain of financial crisis has become apparent in Asian LNG demand since the fourth quarter. All of the three major LNG importers of Asia (Japan, Korea, and Taiwan) saw a sharp decline in their LNG demand, and this demand destruction drastically change the view of the Asian LNG market balance. In the mid- to long-term, it is likely that China and India will emerge as another demand giants in the world LNG market; but at the same time uncertain factors such as domestic production or pipeline imports still exist in the outlook of their future LNG demand. While the world LNG market will maintain the current slack condition for the short-term, it may turn out to be a tight one subject to investments in new LNG production capacity and the speed of the recovery of world LNG demand.
一般社団法人日本エネルギー学会の論文
2009-12-20