天然气批发价调研2013版.pdf

IGU - WHOLESAFE GAS PRICE FORMATION 2013 International Gas Union 1 International Gas Union News, views and knowledge on gas – worldwide Wholesale Gas Price Survey - 2013 Edition - A global review of price formation mechanisms 2005 -2012 Wholesale Gas Price Formation PGCB Study GrouP 2 Gas: Sustaining Future Global Growth International Gas Union Foreword The report on “Wholesale Gas Price Formation” first published in June 2012 for the World Gas Conference in Kuala Lumpur, has now been updated by Study Group 2 of the IGU Strategy Committee (PGCB). The first and the updated reports of the global review of wholesale gas price levels and price formation mechanisms are also available on the IGU website - . Historically, gas prices have not been in the news to the same extent as oil prices. This is changing as the share of gas in global energy consumption continues to increase, volumes of internationally traded gas are greater than ever before and different price formation mechanisms have had serious commercial implications both for producing and consuming nations. The rapid growth in shale gas production in North America and fundamental shifts in LNG supply patterns across the global gas market relate to strong intercontinental linkages between supply, demand and price. At the same time this report sets out the large variations in wholesale gas prices across the world that result from the different prevailing price formation mechanisms. Natural gas is an abundant resource, it is clean and cost-competitive, and should therefore play an important role in the mitigation of climate change in every region of the world. However, the way wholesale gas prices will be determined in the future will have a significant influence on sustainable market growt