据路透社新加坡9月25日消息称，印度石油公司执行董事Partha Ghosh周二表示，预计到2040年，印度的原油需求将增长至每年5亿吨，但油价的持续上涨可能会阻碍印度的经济增长。
这相当于每天约1000万桶，高于2017年约470万桶/天。
Ghosh在新加坡举行的亚太石油会议（APPEC）上表示，从现在到2040年，全球石油需求将增加1580万桶/天。他说，印度石油增长率为590万桶/天，将占到总收益的24%。。
Ghosh说，到2030财政年，随着新的和现有的炼油厂继续加强基础设施，印度的炼油能力将增加到每年约4.39亿吨，而同期国内需求预计将增加到每年3.56亿吨。
曹海斌 摘译自 路透社
原文如下：
India's oil demand to climb to 500 mln tonnes per year by 2040: Indian Oil
India’s crude oil demand is forecast to grow to 500 million tonnes per year by 2040, but persistent increases in oil prices might act as a dampener for the rate of growth, Partha Ghosh, an executive director at Indian Oil Corp said That would be equivalent to around 10 million barrels per day (bpd), up from about 4.7 million bpd in 2017.
Globally oil demand will increase by 15.8 million bpd from now until 2040, Ghosh said during the Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference (APPEC) in Singapore. India’s growth of 5.9 million bpd will make up about 24 percent of the overall gain, he said.
India’s refining capacity would increase to about 439 million tonnes per year by the financial year of 2030 as new and existing refineries continue enhancing their infrastructure, while domestic demand is forecast to increase to 356 million tonnes per year over the same period, Ghosh said.
