???? 據路透社3月3日消息稱，根據美國能源信息署(EIA)的數據，2020年美國天然氣產量(按總采氣量計算)平均為1112億立方英尺/天，比2019年減少了9億立方英尺/天，這是由于2020年天然氣和石油價格低導致鉆井活動減少的結果。
????2019年天然氣產量創紀錄的增長導致了天然氣儲量增加和天然氣價格下降。從2020年3月開始，氣溫高于平均水平，加上應對COVID-19的影響，壓低了天然氣需求，并進一步降低了價格。美國天然氣月平均產量最低是在2020年5月，為1064億立方英尺/天。到2020年12月，天然氣產量已增至1130億立方英尺/天。
????阿巴拉契亞地區仍然是美國最大的天然氣產區。盡管區域天然氣現貨價格較低，但俄亥俄州、西弗吉尼亞州和賓夕法尼亞州的Marcellus和Utica/Point Pleasant頁巖的天然氣產量仍在增長。這三個州的天然氣產量從2019年的321億立方英尺/天增加到2020年的336億立方英尺/天。在阿巴拉契亞地區，西弗吉尼亞州天然氣產量增幅最大，增加了12億立方英尺/天，達到71億立方英尺/天，增幅為20%。賓夕法尼亞州的天然氣產量增加了10億立方英尺/天，俄亥俄州減少了7億立方英尺/天。
????2020年，俄克拉荷馬州的天然氣產量下降幅度最大，為11億立方英尺/天，下降13%，年平均產量為76億立方英尺/天。盡管德克薩斯州的天然氣產量從2019年的284億立方英尺/天下降到2020年的281億立方英尺/天，但該州仍是最大的天然氣生產州。
????曹海斌 摘譯自 路透社
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????EIA: annual US natural gas production decreased by 1% in 2020
????US natural gas production — as measured by gross withdrawals — averaged 111.2 billion ft3/d in 2020, down 0.9 billion ft3/d from 2019 as result of a decline in drilling activity related to low natural gas and oil prices in 2020, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
????The 2019 record-high increase in natural gas production led to higher volumes of natural gas in storage and lower natural gas prices. Beginning in March 2020, warmer-than-average weather along with the effects of the responses to COVID-19 drove down natural gas demand and further reduced prices. The lowest average monthly US natural gas production volume was in May 2020 at 106.4 billion ft3/d. By December 2020, natural gas production had increased to 113 billion ft3/d.
????The Appalachia region remains the largest natural-gas producing region in the US. Natural gas production from the Marcellus and Utica/Point Pleasant shales of Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania continued to grow despite low regional natural gas spot prices. Natural gas production from these three states increased from 32.1 billion ft3/d in 2019 to 33.6 billion ft3/d in 2020. Within the Appalachia region, West Virginia had the largest increase in natural gas production, increasing by 1.2 billion ft3/d, or 20%, to reach 7.1 billion ft3/d. Natural gas production increased by 1 billion ft3/d in Pennsylvania and decreased by 0.7 billion ft3/d in Ohio.
????In 2020, Oklahoma had the largest decrease in natural gas production, falling by 1.1 billion ft3/d, or 13%, to an annual average of 7.6 billion ft3/d. Texas remained the largest natural-gas producing state, although natural gas production in the state decreased from 28.4 billion ft3/d in 2019 to 28.1 billion ft3/d in 2020.
