据道琼斯伦敦6月10日消息，国际能源署（IEA）周二在其年度天然气市场中期报告中称，2019年前中国天然气需求预计将增长近一倍，从而抵消欧洲和其他地区需求增长放缓的影响。
IEA表示，2019年底前全球天然气需求预计每年将增长2.2%，而在去年的预测报告中，年均增速预测值为2.4%。
LNG将满足上述需求中的一大部分，另外新建输气管线也会起到一些作用。国有供应商的传统主导地位正在发生变化，澳大利亚、加拿大和美国的私营运营商正引领LNG贸易的扩张。预计到2019年，全球LNG贸易规模将增长40%，达到4,500亿立方米。
IEA表示，2019年前全球所有新增LNG出口的一半将来自澳大利亚，同时北美将占全球LNG贸易量的8%左右。
IEA执行总裁范德胡芬表示：“我们正在进入天然气市场效率大幅上升的时代，能源安全也获得了更多保障。”
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原文如下：
IEA Says China Natural Gas Demand to Nearly Double
By Selina Williams
LONDON--China's natural gas demand is forecast to nearly double by 2019, offsetting slower growth in Europe and elsewhere, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday in its annual medium-term gas market report.
Global gas demand is expected to rise by 2.2% a year by the end of 2019 compared with 2.4% projected in last year's outlook, the Paris-based energy watchdog said.
Liquefied natural gas will meet much of this demand, with new pipelines also playing a role. In a shift away from the traditional dominance of state-owned suppliers, private-sector operators in Australia, Canada and the U.S. are taking the lead in the expansion of LNG trade, which is expected to grow by 40% to reach 450 billion cubic meters by 2019.
Half of all new LNG exports will originate from Australia, while North America will account for around 8% of global LNG trade by 2019, the IEA said.
