欧盟委员会（europeancommission）新任主席昨天的一封信重申了欧盟委员会在天然气脱碳方面对天然气基础设施的重视。这封信将向即将上任的能源专员卡德里·西姆森提供一份任务说明。

Among other recommendations, the document highlighted the importance of carbon capture and storage in reducing emissions from the gas industry, as well as urging that full use is made of “affordable LNG” supplies.

不过，昨天还宣布，荷兰格罗宁根气田的淘汰日期将从2030年提前到2022年。

At its peak in 2013, Groningen accounted for 54 bcm of Europe’s gas production, more than a fifth of the total figure. The accelerated end date will reignite long-running concerns about Europe’s future security of supply.

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这也引发了人们对欧洲最大的天然气中心荷兰产权转让机制的质疑。

TT公司F recorded a 0.91 Euro increase on the front-month contract yesterday after reaching ten-year lows earlier this month. The price hike was also supported by safety concerns about components used in France’s nuclear fleet.

欧洲游说集团Gas Infrastructure Europe政府关系主管芭芭拉•金克斯（Barbara Jinks）今天在伦敦举行的液化天然气航运会议上发表讲话，称赞欧盟委员会对天然气，特别是液化天然气、氢气和生物甲烷气的长期作用的认可。

The policy debate around decarbonisation “is an absolute battleground”, she told the conference, “[but] there is a lot of support in the Commission for LNG.” The decline of Europe’s domestic production base will make LNG a more important supply source if it is to avoid growing reliance on Russian pipeline gas.

金克斯在会议上表示，欧盟委员会将研究“可能有助于欧盟28国使用更多液化天然气的立法修改”，并强调，欧盟成员国的优先事项将是“开放获取和绝对互联网络”。

Nonetheless, the Commission is under pressure from some NGOs to place the sources of the continent’s LNG supplies under closer scrutiny, Jinks said.

普遍认为,美国将遇到一个如果gnificant share of incremental European LNG demand, but there are growing concerns about upstream methane emissions from US shale gas production.

Whether or not preferential selection of LNG supply sources makes environmental sense in the context of a globalised and increasingly liquid LNG market remains to be seen, however.

欧洲政策界也有一些关于使用生物液化天然气和合成液化天然气代替化石来源液化气的讨论。但金克斯在液化天然气航运会议上表示：“目前经济形势并不乐观，需求也不存在。”。