據世界能源3月4日消息：2021年，通過天然氣分銷公司的國內天然氣消費量增至7600萬立方米/天(27億立方英尺/天)，其中熱電需求同比增長52%，達到3390萬立方米/天。

各行業用氣量均有所增長，工業、汽車和商業領域的用氣量均增長15%，分別達到2950萬立方米/天、590萬立方米/天和78.3萬立方米/天。去年家庭消費增加2.7%至140萬立方米/天。

Abegas總裁Augusto Salomon表示，熱電消耗的增加證實了天然氣對巴西電力安全的重要性，并強調了降低該國回注水平以防范國際價格波動的重要性。氣體回注使油井重新加壓以增加石油產量。

Salomon表示:“巴西鹽下蘊藏著巨大的天然氣儲量，但已經回注了其產量的近一半。這個國家不能聽任進口擺布。”

他表示，天然氣回注量已超過6000萬立方米/天，相當于巴西工業消費量的兩倍。

12月，工業、汽車、商業和家庭的天然氣消費量也同比增長，分別增長了5.3%、19%、15%和5.7%。

另一方面，隨著雨季臨近，熱電需求比去年12月下降了29%，平均消耗量為27,208立方米/天。

馮娟 摘譯自 世界能源

原文如下：

Brazil 2021 Gas Demand up 29pc as Thermal Jumps

Total domestic gas consumption through gas distribution companies in 2021 rose to 76mn m3/d (2.7 Bcf/d), led by thermo-electric demand that rose from the prior year by 52pc to 33.9mn m3/d.

Gas consumption in all sectors grew, with demand from the industrial, vehicular, and commercial sectors all rising by 15pc to 29.5mn m3/d, 5.9mn m3/d and 783,000 m3/d, respectively. Household consumption last year increased by 2.7pc to 1.4mn m3/d.

Abegas president Augusto Salomon said the increase in thermo-electric consumption confirms the importance of natural gas for Brazil's power security and highlights the importance of lowering reinjection levels in the country to protect against international price volatility. Gas reinjection repressurizes wells for increased oil production.

"Brazil has huge reserves of natural gas in the pre-salt but has been reinjecting almost half of what it produces," Salomon said. "The country cannot be at the mercy" of imports."

Gas reinjection has exceeded 60mn m3/d, equivalent to twice Brazil's industrial consumption, he said.

In December, natural gas consumption also rose year-over-year in the industrial, vehicular, commercial and household sectors, gaining 5.3pc, 19pc, 15pc and 5.7pc, respectively.

Thermoelectric demand, on the other hand, decreased by 29pc compared to the previous December, with the approach of the rainy season cutting consumption to an average 27,208 m3/d.