據路透社4月23日報道，四名貿易消息人士表示，由于當前全球天然氣需求銳減，天然氣和液化天然氣價格跌至創紀錄低點，切尼爾能源公司（Cheniere Energy）、路易斯安那州Sabine Pass和德克薩斯州科珀斯克里斯蒂（Corpus Christi）6月份裝船的大部分貨物被取消貨運。

其中一家公司表示，10家不同的公司共取消了切尼爾項目的17批貨物，其中5家來自德克薩斯州弗里波特工廠。另一位消息人士證實，至少有三家公司取消了Freeport港的貨運。

切尼爾表示，其液化天然氣合同具有靈活性。由于經歷了兩個暖冬，全球液化天然氣市場供應嚴重過剩，儲能已滿，當前形勢給全球液化天然氣買家帶來壓力。

Refinitiv的數據顯示，在亞洲，6月交貨的天然氣價格徘徊在接近每百萬英熱 200美元的水平，僅比美國Henry Hub的天然氣價格高出0.10美元左右。

王佳晶 摘譯自 路透社

原文如下：

Buyers in Asia and Europe cancel around 20 U.S. LNG cargoes for June loading: sources

Buyers in Asia and Europe have cancelled the loading of around 20 cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the United States in June, four trade sources said on Wednesday.

The cancellations came as the coronavirus pandemic dampened gas demand around the world, with gas and LNG prices tumbling to record lows.

The majority of the cargoes were cancelled from Cheniere Energy’s plants, Sabine Pass in Louisiana and Corpus Christi in Texas for June loading, the sources said.

One of them said 10 different companies cancelled a total of 17 cargoes from the Cheniere projects, with five from the Freeport plant in Texas. Another source confirmed that at least three companies cancelled Freeport cargoes.

Cheniere said it would not comment on commercial discussions with its customers and added that its LNG contracts allow flexibility, including the option not to lift cargoes but pay a liquefaction fee.

The companies that cancelled cargoes include energy majors, such as Royal Dutch Shell, Total and BP, several European buyers, such as Enel and Uniper and several Asian companies, two of the sources said.

The coronavirus pandemic has pressured LNG buyers around the world as stocks were already full after two warm winters, with the global LNG market heavily oversupplied.

In Asia, prices are hovering close to $2 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) for June delivery, traders said on Wednesday, which is just around $0.10 per mmBtu above the price for gas on the U.S. Henry Hub, Refinitiv data shows.