欧盟委员会发言人安娜-凯萨·伊特科宁周三表示，欧盟天然气储存水平低于历史平均值，但尽管面临艰难冬季的前景，该集团目前并不存在供应安全问题。
European Union gas storage levels are below the historical average, but the bloc does not currently face a security of supply issue despite the prospect of a difficult winter, European Commission spokesperson Anna-Kaisa Itkonen said Wednesday.
在午间新闻发布会上，伊特科宁表示，欧盟正在密切监测天然气储存水平，并与成员国举行更频繁的协调会议，以评估整个集团的情况。
Speaking at the midday press briefing, Itkonen said the EU was closely monitoring gas storage levels and holding more frequent coordination meetings with member states to assess the situation across the bloc.
“在天然气储存方面，我们低于历史平均水平，”伊特科宁说，并指出该问题也在上周的欧洲理事会峰会上进行了讨论。
“On gas storage, we are lower than the historical average,” Itkonen said, noting that the issue was also discussed at last week’s European Council summit.
“尽管我们正面临一个艰难的冬季，但我们没有供应安全问题，但中东危机正在影响能源价格，这进而影响我们的天然气储存水平，”她说。
“Despite the fact that we are headed for a difficult winter, we do not have a security supply issue, but the crisis in the Middle East is impacting energy prices, and this impacts then our gas storage levels,” she said.
伊特科宁还指出，欧盟没有法律强制规定的战略天然气储备，这提出了关于建立战略天然气储备进行讨论的可能性。“这是我们可以开始就战略天然气储备进行讨论的事情，”她说。
Itkonen also noted that the EU does not have legally mandated strategic gas stocks, raising the possibility of discussions on establishing strategic gas reserves. “This is something that we can start having a discussion about strategic gas reserves,” she said.
霍尔木兹海峡航运中断使欧洲库存补充工作复杂化，而来自中东的液化天然气供应减少正在收紧全球市场。
Disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz are complicating efforts to replenish European inventories, while reduced LNG supplies from the Middle East are tightening the global market.