据今日油价网站5月17日消息 美国基准天然气价格周一跳涨逾5%，因发电商预计将燃烧更多天然气，以维持美国东部下半部刚刚开始上线的空调正常运行。
截至美国东部时间周一下午3:34，亨利中心的天然气价格上涨4.96%，至3.108美元/每百万英热单位。开盘时，价格为2.961美元/每百万英热单位。
纽约商品交易所6月合约较之前结算价上涨0.154美元，为3.115美元/每百万英热单位。
天然气价格出现了自德克萨斯州早些时候寒流以来的最大百分比日涨幅，当时天然气价格涨幅超过5%。
涨价的主要原因是美国下半部夏季降温需求季节开始，预计本周晚些时候到下周天气会更热。
据Bespoke气象服务公司的数据，该公司15日的天气预报中，有7日处于较高温天气，比5月中旬的正常天气还要热好几天。
但这些升温的天气预计只会持续几天，这可能意味着目前的价格上涨有点夸张。
EIA的每周天然气储存报告上周显示，截至5月7日的一周结束时，储存的工作气体为20290亿立方英尺，比前一周净增710亿立方英尺。
这低于五年（2016-2020年）21010亿立方英尺的平均水平。
根据EIA数据，截至5月7日的一周结束时，美国天然气库存为3780亿立方英尺，比去年同期减少120亿立方英尺。
王磊 摘译自 今日油价
原文如下：
Natural Gas Prices Jump On Warmer Weather
The U.S. benchmark natural gas price jumped more than 5% on Monday as power generators are expected to burn more gas to keep air conditioners going that are just now starting to come online in the lower half of the Eastern United States.
As of 3:34 p.m. ET on Monday, the price of natural gas at Henry Hub was up by 4.96 percent at $3.108/ MMBtu. At the start of trading, the price was at $2.961/ MMBtu.
The June Nymex contract was up $.154 from the prior settlement at $3.115/ MMBtu.
Natural gas prices saw their biggest daily percentage gain since the Texas Freeze earlier in the day when prices rose more than 5%.
The price hike is largely attributed to the beginnings of summer cooling demand season in the lower half of the United States, with warmer weather expected to arrive later this week and into next week.
According to Bespoke Weather Services, there was enough heat to add 7 gas-weighted degree days to its 15-day forecast, with “several days of hotter-than-normal mid-May weather.”
But those warmer temps are only expected to last a couple of days—this could mean the current price rises are a bit exaggerated.
The EIA’s weekly natural gas storage report showed last week that working gas in storage was 2,029 billion cubic feet (Bcf) at the end of the week to May 7. This represents a net increase of 71 Bcf from the previous week.
That’s below the five-year (2016-2020) average of 2,101 Bcf.
As per the EIA data, natural gas stocks in the United States at the end of the week to May 7 were 378 Bcf less than last year at this time and 12 Bcf.
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