将为全球液化天然气市场提供新的供给来源,改变贸易格局,加速全球天然气市场一体化进程;在增加消费国选择的同时,改变资源国竞争格局;其与天然气价格挂钩的定价模式将给予油价挂钩的定价模式带来挑战,有利于缓解亚洲溢价。美国页岩气革命促进其天然气产量快速增长,供应增长导致美国国内供需宽松、价格持续走低,美国生产商开始寻求液化天然气(LNG)出口途径。尽管目前美国仅有一个液化天然气终端项目开始建设,即耗资巨大的萨宾 Will provide a new source of supply for the global LNG market, change the pattern of trade and speed up the process of global natural gas market integration. While increasing the choice of consumers, it will also change the competition pattern among resource-based countries. Its pricing model linked to natural gas prices will provide a link to oil prices Pricing model presents a challenge that will help alleviate the Asian premium. The shale gas revolution in the United States has contributed to its rapid growth in natural gas production. As the supply growth has led to loose domestic supply and demand in the United States and continued price declines, U.S. producers are beginning to seek ways to export liquefied natural gas (LNG). Although at present only one LNG terminal project in the United States is under construction, a hugely expensive Sabine