据普氏能源资讯2018年12月21日新加坡报道，由于韩国炼油企业在欧佩克(OPEC)达成最新减产协议后愿意从美国和哈萨克斯坦购买更多原油货物，韩国炼油企业在2019年可能继续积极实现他们原油供应来源多元化。
今年第四季度国际原油直接价格的大幅下跌可能减轻了许多亚洲原油进口国的压力，这些亚洲原油进口国正在寻求在传统的中东市场以外的国家找到更便宜的原油，但韩国炼油企业强调了明年继续推进原料来源多样化努力的重要性。
韩国最大炼油企业韩国SK创新公司的一名官员表示，由于最近对伊朗制裁的豁免是暂时的，而且只允许从这个波斯湾国家进口少量的原油，因此，韩国SK创新公司明年将继续寻找旨在替代伊朗原油的替代原油来源。
李峻 编译自 普氏能源资讯
原文如下：
South Korea may continue to favor US, Kazakh crude oil
South Korean refiners may continue to actively diversify their crude oil supply sources in 2019 as they are willing to buy more cargoes from the US and Kazakhstan following the latest OPEC production cut agreement.
The sharp downturn in international outright crude prices in the fourth quarter may have taken some pressure off many Asian crude importers who were seeking cheaper oil outside the traditional Middle Eastern market, but South Korean refiners highlighted the importance of keeping up their feedstock diversification efforts next year.
SK Innovation would continue to seek alternative sources to replace Iranian crude as the recent waivers
