據道瓊斯12月13日消息，伍德麥肯茲公司首席分析師Simon Flowers表示，在所有化石燃料中，天然氣需求增長的基本面最為強勁，因為其碳強度較小。煤炭產量的增速已經開始放慢，而原油產量增速或許也將放慢。他表示：“從全球范圍來看，天然氣將成為一個非常好的產業。但是天然氣所面臨的難題是如何經濟地將它開采出來，因為多數大型天然氣發現位于包括深水區域在內的前沿區域。”

　　龐曉華摘譯自道瓊斯

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　　Natural Gas Output to Gain Because of Low Emissions: Wood Mackenzie

　　[Dow Jones] Among all fossil fuels, natural gas has robust fundamentals for growth because it is less carbon intensive, says Simon Flowers, chief analyst at Wood Mackenzie. Growth in coal production has started to slow down, while crude oil may also be headed that way. From the global point of view, gas is going to be a good industry, he says. The difficulty with gas is taking it out. Many big gas discoveries are found in frontier areas including deep water, Mr Flowers says.