Expected growth in LNG supply and the potential for increased spot trade, is weakening the economic rationale for oil-linked LNG contracts, IEA executive director Maria van der Hoeven said on 10 September. Her comments come as major LNG buyers in Asia-Pacific seek to work together to push for lower import prices and more flexible price contracts, even as suppliers continue to pursue oil indexation as a way to finance new projects (see p3). The LNG market will tighten in the short term, but new supply coming on line in the next few years and increasingly towards 2020 means that producers could end up competing for markets, the IEA says.
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机译：IEA执行董事Maria van der Hoeven在9月10日表示，预期的LNG供应量增长和现货贸易增加的潜力正在削弱与石油相关的LNG合同的经济原理。她发表上述评论之际，亚太地区主要的LNG买家寻求共同努力以降低进口价格和更灵活的价格合同，即使供应商继续追求石油指数化作为新项目融资的一种方式（见p3）。 IEA表示，液化天然气市场短期内将趋紧，但新供应将在未来几年内陆续到2020年，这意味着生产商最终可能会争夺市场。
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