石油圈中国石化新闻网讯 据OGJ网站8月22日华盛顿报道，美国工业能源消费者协会(IECA)日前要求美国能源部代理总法律顾问约翰·卢卡斯对美国能源部批准向与美国没有签署自由贸易协定（FTA）的国家出口液化天然气（LNG）一事进行法律审查。IECA在8月22日请求发出的5天前曾在写给能源部长里克·佩里的信中呼吁暂停此类出口。 IECA总裁保罗·西西奥在致卢卡斯的信中说：“如今，美国天然气市场是一个“自由市场”，价格由国内供需决定。如果我们出口过多的LNG，价格最终将上升到全球水平。在这一点上，外国对美国LNG的需求将决定美国人的价格，这当然不符合美国公众的利益。” IECA在信中说，国会在其通过天然气法要求美国向非FTA国家出售天然气来满足国家利益测试时显然是打算保护消费者。 IECA在信中说：“美国LNG出口减少了外国LNG买家的风险，却增加了美国消费者的风险，因为美国消费者没有任何可以替代天然气的选择。” 李峻 编译自 OGJ 原文如下： IECA seeks DOE legal review of LNG sale approvals to non-FTA nations The Industrial Energy Consumers of America (IECA) asked US Department of Energy Acting General Counsel John T. Lucas for a legal review of DOE approvals of LNG exports to customers in countries without a free-trade agreement with the US. Its Aug. 22 request came 5 days after it called for a moratorium on such exports in a letter to US Energy Sec. Rick Perry. “Today, the US gas market is a ‘free market’ whereby price is determined by domestic supply and demand,” IECA President Paul Cicio said as IECA released its letter to Lucas. “If we export too much LNG, prices will eventually rise to global levels. At that point, foreign nations demand for LNG will dictate what price Americans pay. This is certainly not in the interests of the American public,” the letter said. Congress clearly intended to protect consumers when it passed the NGA by requiring that US gas sales to non-FTA countries satisfy the national interest test, IECA’s letter said. “LNG exports reduce foreign LNG buyer risks and increases risks upon US consumers—who have no alternative for natural gas.” It said.
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