原标题：亚洲LNG价格升至近两年高位

    中国石化新闻网讯 据天然气加工网站12月4日消息 贸易消息人士称，因冬季取暖需求持续坚挺，买家面临供应问题，亚洲液化天然气现货价格本周升至近两年高位。

    消息人士称，1月交付至东北亚的液化天然气平均价格估计约为8.10美元/每百万英热单位，较前一周上涨70美分。

    壳牌上周五以8美元/每百万英热单位的价格向英国石油出售了一批1月底交货的货物。

    一位新加坡消息人士称：“一开始是欧洲的寒冷天气预报支撑了亚洲的价格，然后韩国天然气公司购买了货物，并猜测澳大利亚和美国的供应将中断。”

    另一位消息人士称，韩国天然气公司可能通过招标购买了7批液化天然气货物以备冬季交货，并可能寻求更多的液化天然气。

    交易员表示，韩国将在今冬减少燃煤发电厂的运营，以减少粉尘排放，这反过来又刺激了发电行业对液化天然气的需求。韩国目前60个燃煤发电厂中的8个将停产。

    贸易商称，在投标中，印度古吉拉特邦石油公司（GSPC）正在寻求一批1月份交货的货物。

    一位业内人士称，俄罗斯萨哈林液化天然气可能以7.50美元/每百万英热单位的价格出售一批货物，而托克可能在1月中旬以8美元以上的价格出售给英国煤气。

    吴恒磊 编译自 天然气加工

    原文如下：

    GLOBAL LNG-Asian prices rise to nearly two-year high on winter demand

    Asian spot prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG) rose to a nearly two-year high this week as demand continued to be firm for heating during winter and as buyers faced supply issues, trade sources said.

    The average LNG price for January delivery into Northeast Asia was estimated at about $8.10 per million British thermal units (mmBtu), up 70 cents from the previous week, the sources said.

    Shell on Friday, for instance, sold a cargo for late January delivery to BP at $8 per mmBtu.

    "It started off with cold weather forecast in Europe propping up prices in Asia, and then South Korea's Kogas buying cargoes and speculation about supply disruption from (Australia and the United States)," a Singapore-based source said.

    South Korea's Korea Gas Corp (Kogas) likely bought seven LNG cargoes for delivery in winter through a tender and could be seeking more, a second source said.

    South Korea will reduce the operations of coal-fuelled power plants this winter to cut fine dust emissions, which in turn is stoking demand for LNG in power generation, traders said. Eight of the nation's 60 coal power plants will be halted during the season.

    In tenders, India's Gujarat State Petroleum Corp (GSPC) is seeking a cargo for January delivery，traders said.

    Russia's Sakhalin LNG likely sold a cargo at about $7.50 per mmBtu while Trafigura may have sold a mid-January cargo to Centrica at above $8 per mmbtu, an industry source said.